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The annual migration of more than 57,000 beluga whales is about to start - and you can watch it on the Beluga Whale Live Cam.
UK's oldest polar bear euthanised at the age of 28 Victoria was the mother of Hamish, the first polar bear to be born in the UK for 25 years.
How long are bears pregnant? Discover all about the various bear species, the length of their gestation periods, and average litter size.
Denning begins with pregnant polar bears sealing themselves inside dens dug out under the snow, where they give birth. Polar bears are born about as pathetic as humans, and the den protects them ...
U of T Study Reveals Polar Bear Denning Secrets A team of scientists led by the University of Toronto's Louise Archer is shedding light on one of the most important yet poorly understood stages of ...
Female polar bears give birth in December or early January when the cubs are blind, hairless and weigh just 0.5 kg.
Polar bears usually give birth around New Year, at which point the cubs are blind, hairless, and weigh just half a kilo (1.1 lb). They emerge from their birthing dens between February and April of ...
Female polar bears give birth to cubs in snow dens during the winter months. The cubs, usually born in litters of two, remain in the den with their mother for several months before emerging in the ...
Plungers ran into the cold Chesapeake Bay this weekend marking the 29th annual Special Olympics Maryland Polar Bear Plunge. Check out photos from the cold event.
Polar bears are one of the most majestic, yet fearsome animals on the planet. The largest living species of bear and the largest land carnivore, the polar bear is closely related to the brown bear ...
Somewhere on the Arctic Refuge coastal plain pregnant polar bears are curled up inside their dens in a snowdrift. It’s amazing that during the darkest, coldest time of year, polar bears give ...