You probably know polar bears as the big white animals roaming the Arctic, but there’s a lot about them that doesn’t make it ...

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.

Polar bears in some parts of the high Arctic are developing ice buildup and related injuries to their feet, apparently due to changing sea ice conditions in a warming Arctic. While surveying the ...

Polar bears walk across sea ice for miles, searching for cracks and holes in the surface through which they can hunt their ringed seal prey. But a new study has found that, in some areas, the ice ...

Have you ever compared your toes to your siblings or friends when you were little? And, be honest, how shocked were you to ...

“As strange as it sounds, with climate warming there are more frequent freeze-thaw cycles with more wet snow, and this leads to ice buildup on polar bears’ paws.” Between 2012 and 2022, Laidre and ...

Polar bears in some parts of the high Arctic are developing ice buildup and related injuries to their feet. The changes appear to be an unexpected consequence of climate change, related to ...

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, ...

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 ...

Paws of polar bears sustaining ice-related injuries in a warming Arctic. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 11, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 10 / 241022153851.htm ...

Polar bears in some parts of the high Arctic are developing ice buildup and related injuries to their feet, apparently due to changing sea ice conditions in a warming Arctic. While surveying the ...