Alaska’s brown bears can rival polar bears in terms of size. Males can grow 8 feet tall and can weigh up ... 747 also has distinctively round, peg-like ears and a short, blocky muzzle. Fat Bear Week ...

Estimates show that there are between 22,000 and 31,000 polar bears left in the world, which does not include the 300 or so polar bears in captivity. However, a Reuters article indicates that polar ...

Polar bear cubs have been filmed emerging from their dens for the first time. The extremely rare footage was captured by remote cameras deployed in the Arctic mountains for nearly a decade. The ...

Alaska’s brown bears can rival polar bears in terms of size ... peg-like ears and a short, blocky muzzle. Fat Bear Week is an online competition hosted by the Katmai National Park and Preserve ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Some of 2461 polar swimmers get out of the water after breaking a world record for the largest polar bear ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Let the chunk-off begin. Voting started Wednesday in the annual Fat Bear Week contest at Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve, with viewers picking their ...

Click your choice to see results and speak your mind. Alaska had its first polar bear attack in 30 years. "If you're attacked by a polar bear, definitely do not play dead — that is a myth," McCall ...

Time is Running Out for Polar Bears! Scientists warn that polar bear numbers could decline by 30% by 2050 due to melting sea ice and ... As the ice melts earlier in spring and forms later in autumn, ...

However, they are extremely vulnerable. Polar bears are the largest bear in the world and are the Arctic’s top predator. They can run at 40 kmph. They have 42 razor-sharp teeth and 30 cm wide paws.

0:35 International Polar Bear Day at Assiniboine Park Zoo Winnipeg’s Assiniboine Park Zoo already has a heavy focus on polar bears, thanks to the acclaimed ‘Journey To Churchill’ exhibit ...

DULUTH — Nearly 700 people spent a mid-February Saturday making a splash at Park Point for the annual Duluth Polar Bear Plunge. The event, which is in its 23rd year, raises money to support ...