Polar bears, the iconic arctic giants, are being driven to make significant dietary changes as a response to climate change. Traditionally reliant on seals hunted from the sea ice, the melting ice ...

The North Pole is called the Arctic and contains polar bears. The South Pole is the Antarctic. It has no polar bears, but many penguins. Both the Arctic and Antarctic are extremely cold, often ...

Darwin, Wallace and the other 19th century naturalists who traveled widely were fascinated by the distribution of animals and plants in their habitats around the world. Why do the Galapagos ...

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 ...

The Inuit of the East Kitikmeot communities of Gjoa Haven, Taloyoak and Gjoa Haven are observing many environmental changes in their area. Inuit experiences of these environmental changes have been ...

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 ...

Charlotte Lindqvist is an evolutionary biologist. Her research uses genomics to understand speciation processes, polyploidy events and hybridization in both animals and plants. She is an expert on the ...

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