Inuit are experiencing an increased danger to personal safety, cached meat and personal property from: Grizzly bears which have moved north beyond their traditional range; and Polar Bears that have ...

Polar bears seem perfectly adapted to their frigid habitat up north. Now, researchers have discovered the bears have another unexpected Arctic adaptation: greasy fur. It’s a trait that ...

Why does the Arctic have polar bears and Antarctica penguins? These patterns impressed Darwin deeply. To him, they argued that species arose in single centers by descent with modification from ...

A report on how polar bears, snow foxes and reindeer have adapted to live in extreme cold. The narrator explains their key adaptations and we see them in their Arctic environment. Useful as part ...

Today, Lindqvist continues using genomic techniques to study the polar bear, with the goal of identifying genetic adaptations that help the animal survive brutal Arctic winters.

Most polar bears live within the Arctic Circle, so how do they keep warm in extremely low temperatures? Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) are well known for their white fur, which makes them almost ...

It has no polar bears, but many penguins ... Penguins at the South Pole have many of the same adaptations. In addition, the male Emperor penguins have evolved to insulate their egg on their ...

In "Ends of the Earth," Neil Shubin travels north and south to explore the frontiers of polar science and history.