A grizzly bear named Emmett at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs was caught on camera lounging around, blissfully ...

Population assessments have revealed that polar bears in Greenland are suffering from crippling wounds on their paws due to wet snow that gets stuck to the pads and freezes into blocks.

This slush is then refreezing at spiky angles, causing lacerations for the mammals who are used to stepping on the relatively soft snow. Polar bears already have to contend with longer Arctic ...

They are not found in Antarctica, even though the North and South poles are both snow-covered, icy-cold environments ... Polar bears have a strong cultural significance for Arctic people, and beyond, ...

22 in the journal Ecology. The debilitating ice balls likely formed due to slushy snow sticking between bumps on the pads ...

Arctic polar bears, facing shifting ice conditions and warmer temperatures, are increasingly suffering from painful injuries caused by ice accumulation on their paws, according to recent findings from ...

"As strange as it sounds, with climate warming there are more frequent freeze-thaw cycles with more wet snow, and this leads to ice buildup on polar bears' paws." Between 2012 and 2022, Laidre and ...

"As strange as it sounds, with climate warming there are more frequent freeze-thaw cycles with more wet snow, and this leads to ice buildup on polar bears' paws." Between 2012 and 2022, Laidre and ...

for moving across snow, ice, and open water, and for hunting the seals which make up most of its diet. Although most polar bears are born on land, they spend most of their time at sea. Their ...