Fram2's polar bear is the not the first zero-g indicator of its "species" to launch into space. At least two other polar bears have flown. Cosmonaut Yuri Lonchakov carried a small plush polar bear ...

The first astronauts to enter a polar orbit chose the obvious animal to serve as their zero-g indicator: a plush polar bear. The doll also has an emperor penguin embroidered on its chest.

Reid Park Zoo's Snow suffered at SeaWorld, improved with move. Veronica M. Cruz Arizona Daily Star Jun 30, 2012 ... "I love the polar bear," said 9-year-old Luke Belhumeur, ...

So, when scientists discovered polar bear populations were dropping rapidly, they created a framework Calorie counting for polar bears: New study shows link between sea ice loss and polar bear decline ...

Since polar bears do not enter "deep hibernation," their body temperatures won't fall significantly and certain body functions will continue, SeaWorld reports.A more correct term is "carnivore ...

An image captured off the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard shows a young polar bear drifting to sleep on a small iceberg after carving a bed in the ice.

While on land, polar bears can lose around a kilogram of body mass per day, so making it to the end of the ice-free season requires them to carefully manage their energy.For most polar bears, this ...

Is the polar bear the strongest bear? Yes. They’re the largest bear, too. Polar bears have a bite force of around 1,200 psi. Grizzlies are right behind them with a bite force of 1,160 psi.

A polar bear chased residents near a school in a small Alaska village last week, killing a mother and her 1-year-old son before another resident shot the bear dead, state troopers said. Polar bear ...

Polar bears could go extinct due to climate change, study warns 01:59. Polar bears in Canada's Western Hudson Bay — on the southern edge of the Arctic — are continuing to die in high numbers ...

On an average day, a polar bear can eat around 4.4 pounds of fat. Polar bears are also happy to eat fish, eggs, kelp, berries, reindeer, rodents, shellfish, and human garbage if it's available ...