And there is another problem... In some areas along the coast, polar bears have found the walrus. Polar bears too have to swim longer distances as their sea ice resting spots disappear.

Hooked into ice like an ax, they help a walrus clamber from the sea. They also jab rivals and fend off predators. Punctured polar bears have been ... Atlantic walruses eat clams “used to be ...

They’re rarely found in the deep, instead preferring to feed at the bottom of shallow waters around coastlines, mostly eating molluscs. There are two subspecies of walrus ... predators have a whole ...

So they’re at particular risk from global warming, which is melting the Arctic sea ice they depend on. Polar bears generally live and hunt alone, though they can be quite social too. They mainly eat ...

Today, the island harbours the greatest concentration of polar ... bears on Wrangel is unlike anywhere else in the Arctic We focused our efforts on the western side of the island, home to a small ...

A final difference between polar bears and Kodiak bears is their diet. Given that Kodiak bears live and eat on a very particular set of islands, they eat salmon as their primary food source ...

Polar bears have also developed the ability to eat meat containing a lot of blubber. If brown bears ate such a lipid-rich diet, they would develop heart disease and die young. To learn more about ...

The polar bear is a carnivorous bear whose native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle, encompassing the Arctic Ocean, its surrounding seas and surrounding landmasses. A boar (adult male ...

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 ...