"By combining innovative technology with long-term research, we're gaining a deeper understanding of the challenges polar ...

After nearly a decade of trying to learn details about polar bears’ denning habits in the Arctic, researchers have captured cubs emerging from dens on video for the first time. The footage was ...

A sneak peak of a new episode of National Geographic's Incredible Animal Journeys shows two polar bear cubs exploring the outdoors for the first time Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE.

Researchers have captured extremely rare footage of polar bear cubs leaving their snowy dens for the first time. The footage, ...

Pregnant polar bear females usually enter the den in late autumn and remain there throughout the winter. They don't eat ...

Incredibly Cute Polar Bear Cubs See the World for First Time After a long winter in their den, a polar bear mother and her cubs emerge at the first signs of spring. It's a magical moment when the ...

However, pregnant polar bears do dig dens to prepare for the birth of their cubs. They spend most of their time in the den ...

Polar bear denning and the subsequent den emergence is a crucial period during which cubs transition from the warm environment of the dens to the harsh environment outside; the amount of time cubs ...

“Often the public would see a bear eating another bear as gruesome or immoral in a way, but bears are just out there living their lives, trying to survive,” Krofel says. “So, if there’s a carcass that ...

Polar bears are the planet’s ... water and ice (their Latin name means ‘sea bear’). So they’re at particular risk from global warming, which is melting the Arctic sea ice they depend on. Polar bears ...

The polar bear is a carnivorous bear whose native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle, encompassing the Arctic Ocean, its surrounding seas and surrounding landmasses. A boar (adult male ...