Polar bears are indeed the largest predators in the world. But even the biggest polar bear can hardly do anything against a full-grown walrus using its normal hunting strategy. Is that why the hunters use rocks and ice chunks? Three researchers investigated this...
In the Arctic around the North Pole there are currently about 20,000 polar bears divided into 19 populations. The polar bear has become a symbol of climate change. But while researchers and politicians continue to merely debate rather than act: How is the king of the...
Polar bear on the ice in Franz Josef Land. Polar bears on Russian islands and on the coast should be registered. This is an important step to better understand their behaviour and migration in the time of climate change. (Image: Heiner Kubny) In the summer of 2021,...
Female polar bears have mated with male grizzlies on several occasions. So far, eight polar bear-grizzly hybrids have been confirmed in the wild in the Canadian Arctic. Polar bears are perfectly adapted to life in the Arctic. Hybrids that have less warming fur or too...
UPDATE: The polar bear’s autopsy has been completed. According to the authorities, the male animal, which was about 6 years old, weighed only 231 kilograms, as Svalbardposten reports. This is too little at this time of year for a polar bear of this age. As a...