If you’re lucky enough to see a polar bear at the zoo, you will instantly fall in love. These majestic creatures are ...

Watch a heartwarming viral video of a polar bear cub’s adorable surprise encounter with a baby seal. A sweet moment that’s ...

Scientists are urging governments to fund better waste management in Arctic villages. Experts issue urgent warning after ...

A photographer's iconic shots of polar bears in abandoned buildings on a Russian island shines a spotlight on wider changes in their behaviour.

Wildlife is abundant in this remote and fragile area, and we were looking for seals and polar bears. NGM Maps When we anchored the boat at the fjord ice, we spotted several seals resting on the ...

Polar bears generally live and hunt alone, though they can be quite social too. They mainly eat seals – using their remarkable sense of smell they can detect a seal in the water beneath a metre of ...

This makes it much harder for polar bears to find food. They are carnivores and mainly hunt seals, waiting for them to surface at breathing holes in the ice. They also occasionally hunt walruses ...

Polar bears hunt their preferred food of seals from the edge of sea ice, often living off fat reserves when no sea ice is present.

Polar bears live in the Artic, their fur is white to help them blend in to their environment and hunt without being seen by their prey. Some animals, like the seal, can be found in both the Arctic ...

This story appears in the January 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. We see evidence of the kill first: a shockingly broad spread of scarlet, probably the blood of a ringed seal, on snow ...

Sea ice is critical habitat for a variety of animals, including polar bears, seals, and penguins. In addition to having effects on wildlife, declining sea ice accelerates the rate of ocean warming.