10 Surprising Facts About Polar Bears From a love of blubber to enormous paws, polar bears are remarkable animals, with many unusual adaptations that help them thrive in the Arctic As part of our Polar Bear Week celebration, we wanted to share 10 of our favorite facts about what makes polar bears tick
Polar Bears International | Polar Bears International Human-Polar Bear Coexistence We work with partners on projects related to conflict-reduction, with a goal of helping polar bears and people live safely with each other
Understanding Polar Bear Attacks In contrast to grizzly bears, only one polar bear attack could be attributed to a polar bear’s defense of a carcass Unlike grizzly and black bears, most predatory attacks by polar bears have been committed by independent immature bears (subadults, 2-year-olds, and yearlings)
Polar Bear Facts | Polar Bears International Polar bears may travel more than 1,000 km in one season The size of a polar bear's range depends on many factors, including the quality of the sea ice and the availability of their seal prey
Give While You Shop - PBI Shop Give While You Shop Your online purchases support polar bear conservation, ensuring the long-term future of wild bears The proceeds fund research, education, and advocacy efforts to improve the future for polar bears across the Arctic
Status and Populations - Polar Bears International Status and Trends of the World’s 20 Polar Bear Populations Arctic Basin (AB) Data Deficient The AB subpopulation is a geographic designation to account for polar bears occurring in the most northern areas of the circumpolar Arctic that are not clearly part of other subpopulations
Behaviour | Polar Bears International Staying Clean Polar bears like to be clean and dry because matted, dirty, and wet fur is a poor insulator After feeding, polar bears head for open water and spend up to 15 minutes washing off, licking their paws, chests, and muzzles They then dry themselves by shaking off excess water and rubbing their fur in the snow
New Study Quantifies Link Between Sea Ice and Polar Bears Polar bears require sea ice to hunt and therefore survive, and this rigorous analysis of the Western Hudson Bay polar bears from 1979 - 2021 demonstrates that this subpopulation’s approximate 50% decline was due to climate-driven sea ice loss that reduced hunting opportunities for polar bears
Habitat - Polar Bears International The size of a polar bear's range depends on two main factors: the quality of the sea ice and the availability of their seal prey Polar bears don’t have territories, partly because their sea ice habitat is always moving and changing with the seasons, expanding in winter, and retreating in summer
Study: Climate-Linked Evolution and Genetics in a Warming Arctic Pathway toward integrating evolutionary genetics research into polar bear conservation and management decisions Bridging knowledge sources by assessing patterns of recent evolution in polar bears and combining Indigenous and Western knowledge can inform decisions on subpopulation monitoring, management unit designations, harvest sustainability, and conservation assessments These decisions