Polar bear

February 28th 2025

Rare Footage Captures Polar Bear Cubs’ First Steps—and a Troubling Trend

The time lapse footage is the result of almost a decade of work monitoring the vulnerable predators' maternal behavior.

Conservation Adam Kovac Feb 28

May 9th 2023

ChatGPT and Bard Made Me These 12 Nasty Cocktails Inspired by Tech CEOs

I mixed and drank 12 cocktails created by AI. The results ran the gamut from hilariously goofy to straight-up undrinkable.

Artificial Intelligence Mack DeGeurin May 9

April 11th 2023

Stay Warm Like a Polar Bear With Sunlight-Capturing Fabric

The highly engineered fabrics will be lighter and warmer by harnessing light, and not just from the sun.

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Apr 11

March 1st 2023

A Better Way to Track Polar Bears: Stick a Burr in Their Fur

Researchers created a polar bear tracking device that sticks to fur, just like a burr would.

Science Angely Mercado Mar 1

January 24th 2023

Photo: Brian Battaile/U.S. Geological Survey

Rare Polar Bear Attack in Alaska Kills Mother and Son

Polar bears in the Arctic are losing sea ice, which means they’re more likely to run into humans while they search for food.

Climate Change Angely Mercado Jan 24

November 1st 2022

Polar Bears Are on the Move and You Can Watch Live

The vulnerable bears have gathered near Churchill, Canada to wait for ice to form in Hudson Bay.

Conservation Angely Mercado Nov 1

June 17th 2022

Photo: Thomas W. Johansen/NASA Oceans Melting Greenland

Strange, Isolated Group of Polar Bears Discovered in Greenland

The findings are exciting, but many questions remain about this population.

Conservation Angely Mercado Jun 17

June 8th 2022

Polar Bears and Brown Bears Have an Ancient, Intimate Relationship, Scientists Say

These bears interbred a lot more than we thought, suggests DNA from a 115,000-year-old jawbone.

Biology Isaac Schultz Jun 8

December 3rd 2021

Here Are the 25 Most Jaw-Dropping Wildlife Photos of 2021

These are the finalists for the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award. You can pick the best one.

Conservation Molly Taft Dec 3

November 24th 2021

Photo: ©Robert Taylor/Frontiers North Adventures

You Can Now Visit Polar Bears in an Electric Tundra Buggy

Sure, getting to where the polar bears are is carbon-intensive. But the last mile to visit them is now electric.

Conservation Brian Kahn Nov 24

October 4th 2021

Photo: Katmai National Park and Preserve

Why We Need Fat Bear Week

For devoted online fans, watching chunky bears interact in the wild provides a much-needed escape from the sometimes sad realities of everyday life.

Conservation Brianna Provenzano Oct 4

July 15th 2021

Photo: Barbara Nielsen/Polar Bears International

It’s Beluga Cam Time

A livestream launched on Thursday shows beluga whales in the Arctic. With sound. (Trust me, you'll want to turn up your speakers.)

Conservation Dharna Noor Jul 15

May 1st 2021

Polar Bear-Grizzly Hybrids, Aka Pizzly Bears, May Be Growing More Common Due to Climate Crisis

What do you get when you cross a polar bear and a grizzly bear? A fluffy reminder of how climate change is transforming our planet at an alarming rate. These hybrids, sometimes called pizzly bears or grolar bears, have been spotted in the wild as far back as 2006. But with global temperatures rising as…

Earther Alyse Stanley May 1

February 22nd 2021

An Extinct Cave Bear’s DNA Was Still Readable After 360,000 Years

A tiny ear bone belonging to a cave bear that died some 360,000 years ago has yielded the oldest genome not sourced from permafrost. The newly sequenced genome is offering new insights into the evolution of cave bears and how climate change can precipitate the emergence of entirely new species. “With DNA, we can decipher…

Biology George Dvorsky Feb 22

September 11th 2015

When Bears Go To Rehab

Every year, hundreds of black, brown and even polar bears are successfully rehabilitated from their addiction to human-reliant food sources and released back into the wild. How does bear rehab work? Human-on-Bear Conflict Habitat loss is the single biggest factor affecting wild animal populations in North America. As the human species continues to grow and…

Tech News Wes Siler Sep 11

July 12th 2014

A Pack of Zoo Wolves Escapes…Right Into The Polar Bear Enclosure

Canada’s wildlife is at it again, but this time they’re playing out a classic scene from literature. It’s The Count of Monte Cristo, or perhaps The Shawshank Redemption, zoo style. In The Count of Monte Cristo, the Mad Priest miscalculates the route that his tunnel must take to break him out of imprisonment at the…

Biology Jason G. Goldman Jul 12

June 6th 2014

Swim, Eat, Mate: Life Through the Eyes of a Polar Bear

Last April, US Geological Survey researchers collared four female polar bears north of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. Those collars were outfitted with small video cameras, and the USGS has just released the first videos they collected. They show a female eating, swimming, and socializing with a potential mate. Despite the bear’s unrepentent shaky-cam approach to filmmaking,…

Climate Change Jason G. Goldman Jun 6

April 27th 2014

The Still-Frozen Great Lakes Could Mean Cold Temperatures All Summer

Last time we checked in with the Great Lakes, it was in the bone-chilling depths of the Polar Vortex, and a record-breaking 88 percent of the lakes were frozen. Now, here we are, at the end of April, and the lakes are still 30 percent frozen, which could mean a colder summer for the country.…

Tech News Alissa Walker Apr 27

February 1st 2014

Polar bear cub sees snow for the first time

We’ve seen this little guy take his first steps and have his first bath – now watch as he encounters snow for the very first time. THEY GROW UP SO FAST! http://gawker.com/heres-a-baby-polar-bear-taking-his-first-steps-1498885797 https://gizmodo.com/watch-this-polar-bear-cub-take-his-first-bath-1508886022 [Toronto Zoo]

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Feb 1

December 19th 2013

The best nature photo of the year is this badass polar bear

This is the Grand Prize Winner of National Geographic’s best photo of the year competition, taken by Seattle-based photographer Paul Souders. It’s titled The Ice Bear, and it features a female polar bear staring at Paul from underwater. It’s an outstanding image, but I think the rest of his series are equally good—or even better!…

Sploid Jesus Diaz Dec 19

Polar bear

Rare Footage Captures Polar Bear Cubs’ First Steps—and a Troubling Trend

ChatGPT and Bard Made Me These 12 Nasty Cocktails Inspired by Tech CEOs

Stay Warm Like a Polar Bear With Sunlight-Capturing Fabric

A Better Way to Track Polar Bears: Stick a Burr in Their Fur

Rare Polar Bear Attack in Alaska Kills Mother and Son

Polar Bears Are on the Move and You Can Watch Live

Strange, Isolated Group of Polar Bears Discovered in Greenland

Polar Bears and Brown Bears Have an Ancient, Intimate Relationship, Scientists Say

Here Are the 25 Most Jaw-Dropping Wildlife Photos of 2021

You Can Now Visit Polar Bears in an Electric Tundra Buggy

Why We Need Fat Bear Week

It’s Beluga Cam Time

Polar Bear-Grizzly Hybrids, Aka Pizzly Bears, May Be Growing More Common Due to Climate Crisis

An Extinct Cave Bear’s DNA Was Still Readable After 360,000 Years

When Bears Go To Rehab

A Pack of Zoo Wolves Escapes…Right Into The Polar Bear Enclosure

Swim, Eat, Mate: Life Through the Eyes of a Polar Bear

The Still-Frozen Great Lakes Could Mean Cold Temperatures All Summer

Polar bear cub sees snow for the first time

The best nature photo of the year is this badass polar bear

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