Remote cameras were deployed in the Arctic mountains across nearly a decade; Valuable footage of moms and cubs emerging from ...
Understanding cubs’ activity when leaving their lairs could aid in supporting the polar bear’s survival.
Scientists captured polar bear cubs emerging earlier from their dens, linking it to climate change and environmental shifts.
Despite this clear motivation to get back to hunting seals on the sea ice, polar bear families will often hang out at the den for days or weeks after emerging. On average, the families we monitored in ...
Scientists combined satellite collars and cameras to study polar bear denning, showing how cubs adapt before leaving.
Unprecedented footage of polar bear snow dens reveals hidden new insights about the majestic animals. In the frozen wilderness of Svalbard, Norway, a mother polar bear and her cubs emerge from their ...
Researchers have combined satellite collar data with specialized cameras to shed light on one of the most mysterious and important stages in polar bears' lives -- maternal denning, when bears give ...
In the frigid Arctic, polar bear mothers and their cubs emerge each spring from snow dens that have sheltered them through ...
The polar vortex is a “constant feature” that begins to develop sometime in September and persists through sometime in spring ...
Researchers found compounds produced in polar bear skin that were as ice resistant as PFAS, offering potential novel ...
A polar bear’s life is a never-ending battle against the elements from the moment they are born in hidden snow dens to the time they roam the Arctic as apex predators Hunting for seals navigating melt ...
Past research has established that polar bear cubs’ odds of survival are impacted by how long their mothers spend denning.