Their scientific name means “maritime bear”, and derives from this fact. Polar bears hunt their preferred food of seals from the edge of sea ice, often living off fat reserves when no sea ice ...

High-tech tracking collars on nine female polar bears have measured the animals' efforts to find food on the diminishing Arctic ice. Each bear wore a collar - recording video, location and ...

An emaciated polar bear searches for food on Baffin Island ... because the ice suddenly disappeared and it could no longer hunt seals," he said. "The east Baffin coast is ice free in summer.

Polar bears use a method called “still hunting,” where they wait perfectly still on the sea ice, waiting for a seal to ...

Polar bears generally live and hunt alone, though they can be quite social too. They mainly eat seals – using their remarkable sense of smell they can detect ... "I will never forget my 'first' polar ...