The study, which observed two distinct polar bear populations over a decade, found that melting and refreezing snow, accelerated by warming trends, has led to unusually severe paw injuries in some of ...

"We knew it was him because, well, the bear paw prints on the truck and opened the door and tears," Truett told MTN News. "He tore the truck apart." The bear had apparently opened a door to the ...

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This photo shows the rear paws of a polar bear temporarily sedated for research in East Greenland in 2022. The bear has large chunks of ice frozen onto its feet, which the researchers removed.

The buzz of excitement at Berlin Zoo was abruptly interrupted by cries of panic and a loud splash as something dropped into the moat within the polar bear enclosure. To the shock of onlookers ...

Polar bears are developing horrific wounds on their paws due to changing ice conditions in the Arctic, a new study reports. In the most severe cases, researchers describe two bears with crippling, ...

Beneath the ice balls, the bears' paw pads were covered in deep ... Related: Bleak photo of polar bear with plastic in its jaws in the remote Arctic shows pollution's 'pervasive grip' "The ...

Rode and her colleagues looked to polar bear immune systems for crucial insights. The Chukchi Sea polar bear population was a perfect fit. These bears, native to the waters between Alaska and ...

According to Laidre, the solution to tackling these injuries and further knock-on effects to polar bear populations is simple: reducing greenhouse gas emissions and limiting climate warming.

While surveying the health of two polar bear populations, researchers found lacerations, hair loss, ice buildup and skin ulcerations primarily affecting the feet of adult bears as well as other ...

While surveying the health of two polar bear populations, researchers found lacerations, hair loss, ice buildup and skin ulcerations primarily affecting the feet of adult bears as well as other ...

A polar bear has killed a woman and a boy in a remote Alaska village, authorities have said. The bear entered the village of Wales on Tuesday afternoon, on the western tip of the Seward Peninsula ...