All About Polar Bears

Polar Bear (by Alan Wilson, CC-A-SA 3.0) The polar bear, Ursus maritimus, is the world's largest bear. It has black skin with an outer layer of transparent fur that looks white. It lives in the Arctic where it eats mostly seals, functioning as a top predator in the Arctic Ocean's food web and considered a marine mammal even though it spends most of its time out of the actual water.

While polar bears are not yet endangered, global warming is having a drastic effect on their Arctic habitat. Polar bears rely on the presence of sea ice from which they hunt for their main prey of seals. Additionally, modern human encroachment into the Arctic is having an impact, for example oil development.

Learn more about polar bears in the articles below - basic facts about their biology and ecology, and the various environmental conservation issues that surround them.

Environmental Game Lets People Save Polar Bears

Learning how to help the environment is fun, in an interactive online game that lets users save and play with polar bears....

Travel to the Top of the World! Preschoolers Learn About Arctic Animals

What do animals need to survive in the ice, snow and bitter cold of the Arctic? Using the provided resources of this Arctic animals lesson plan, preschool age children will learn...

The Melting of Polar Ice Caps is Harming the Polar Bears Survival

Global warming is responsible for numerous changes all over the planet. The melting of polar ice caps caused by global warming is causing the Arctic animals to alter their habits and behaviors. The polar...

Critically Endangered Animals: An Image Gallery

According to Lera Miles from the World Conservation Monitoring Centre near Cambridge, "Critically Endangered means that a species' numbers have decreased, or will decrease, by 80% within three...

Effects of Global Warming on Animal Behavior

The real cause of global warming is the thoughtless attitude of humans towards the environment. Global warming is causing irreversible changes in the ecosystem and animal behavior. Read this article to...

Marine Life in the Arctic Ocean

The marine ecosystem of the Arctic has ice algae, phytoplankton, zooplankton, fish and benthic invertebrates, seals, walruses, whales, polar bears, and seabirds. Also, humans. Read on to learn more about...

Camouflage Animals - The Masters of Deception and Survival Experts

We may think scientists have already come up with answers about the ability of camouflage animals to hide by blending in with their surroundings, but they’re just as baffled as we are. Scientists...

How to Make Mini Bear Books with Preschoolers

Finding good books for children who are just learning to read can be a challenge. One solution is to let beginning readers illustrate small books that they can keep and read over and...

Learning About Animals That Live in the Tundra

Animals that live in the arctic tundra have adapted to their harsh environment in many surprising ways....