You probably know polar bears as the big white animals roaming the Arctic, but there’s a lot about them that doesn’t make it ...

In the gateway to the Arctic, fat, ice and polar bears are crucial. All three are in trouble. A polar bear nurses her cub, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, near Churchill, Manitoba.

On an average day, a polar bear can eat around 4.4 pounds of fat. Polar bears are also happy to eat fish, eggs, kelp, berries, reindeer, rodents, shellfish, and human garbage if it's available.

Polar bear equipped with camera collar reveals details of life in the melting Arctic 04:34. ... such as the health of its organs and percentage of body fat, Sveinsdóttir said.

This fat layer can grow up to 4.5 inches thick, and researchers estimate that about half of the bear’s weight is fat. ... Like the polar bear, the Kodiak’s shoulder height can reach 5 feet, ...

Between 1870 and 2014, 73 polar bear attacks on humans were reported, leading to 20 deaths. "If you're attacked by a polar bear, definitely do not play dead. That is a myth," McCall said.

When polar bear mothers have a shortened feeding season, ... They require a high-fat, high-energy diet." MORE: Save polar bears by protecting mothers and cubs, experts say.

Searching for polar bears where the Churchill River dumps into Canada's massive Hudson Bay, biologist Geoff York scans a region that's on a low fat, low ice diet because of climate change. There ...

A polar bear walks along rocks, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024, near Churchill, Manitoba. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel) ON HUDSON BAY — Searching for polar bears where the Churchill River dumps into Canada ...

ON HUDSON BAY (AP) — Searching for polar bears where the Churchill River dumps into Canada's massive Hudson Bay, biologist Geoff York scans a region that's on a low fat, low ice diet because of ...

The polar bear — the symbol of both climate change and an area warming four times faster than the rest of the world — is the king of fat. When mother polar bears nurse their young — as an Associated ...

ON HUDSON BAY (AP) — In the gateway to the Arctic, fat and sea ice are crucial, intertwined and dwindling. And scientists say because of that polar bears are in trouble. In Churchill, Canada ...