2. Their white fur and black skin absorb heat, while their thick layer of fat (up to 4 inches) keeps them warm in freezing temperatures ...

Polar bears spend about 50% of their time hunting, and only two out of ten seal hunts are successful. If no seals can be ...

A single polar bear’s range can span 300,000 square kilometres; the size of the United Kingdom and Ireland combined. When hibernating a bear will lose up to a third of its body weight and only ...

Female polar bears typically give birth to one to three cubs in dens dug into the snow. Cubs are born weighing only about 500 ...

Giant pandas eat between 12 to 15 kilograms of food, over a span of 12 hours, every single day, but only one-fifth of that food actually gets digested. No wonder they poop around 40 times a day ...

It's called a "tardigrade" or "water bear". It's just one of many aquatic invertebrates on the planet, but it's unlike any other life form that scientists know of. Less than a millimeter in size ...

Polar Bear Week, which runs from Oct. 27 to Nov. 2 this year, is a time to celebrate and learn how you can help polar bears and people coexist. In 2019, I had the opportunity to visit Churchill ...

Polar Bear Week, which runs from Oct. 27 to Nov. 2 this year, is a time to celebrate and learn how you can help polar bears and people coexist. In 2019, I had the opportunity to visit Churchill, Man., ...