Her research uses genomics to understand speciation processes, polyploidy events and hybridization in both animals and plants. She is an expert on the evolution of the polar bear, having co-led an ...

The great white polar bear is the youngest and largest of the world's bear species — a mighty hunter and fierce defender of its young that's among the world's most vulnerable animals. Two-thirds of ...

Polar bears are the planet’s biggest land-based carnivores – although they actually spend most of their lives around water and ice (their Latin name means ‘sea bear’). So they’re at particular risk ...

Squalene strongly adheres to ice, meaning its near absence in polar bear fur significantly enhances the fur’s ability to shed ice effortlessly. It’s fascinating to see how evolution has ...

LIGHT-FURRED BEAR: Rarr! GRANDDAD: And after a long, long, long time, more and more bears were born that were white and they could all catch seals more easily. POLAR BEAR 1: Hic! Delicious!

Editor's Note: National Geographic went too far in drawing a definitive connection between climate change and a particular starving polar bear in the opening caption of our December 2017 video ...

An international team of scientists unlocked the anti-icing secret of polar bear fur, a discovery that could revolutionize ...

Using remote cameras and satellite collars, researchers were able to track down polar bear dens in Norway’s Svalbard region and get insights into their behavior. On analyzing the data ...

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.

A polar bear! Its thick fur helps it to hide and keep warm in the freezing cold. Plus an Arctic fox. It can hear its prey, deep under the snow. And a bird! The snowy owl. They nest on the ground ...