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Polar bear cubs emerging from their dens for 1st time

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Watch polar bear cubs emerge from their winter den for 1st time on Svalbard

For nearly a decade, researchers have gathered camera footage from outside the dens of female polar bears and their cubs on Svalbard, shedding light on the behaviors linked to denning.

Rare Footage Captures Polar Bear Cubs’ First Steps—and a Troubling Trend

The time lapse footage is the result of almost a decade of work monitoring the vulnerable predators' maternal behavior.

Rare Footage Of Baby Polar Bears Emerging From Den Captured By Scientists

Female polar bears give birth in December or early January when the cubs are blind, hairless and weigh just 0.5 kg.

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The secret lives of polar bear families

Despite this clear motivation to get back to hunting seals on the sea ice, polar bear families will often hang out at the den ...

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Incredible islands where locals are plunged into complete darkness 123 days of the year

A set of Arctic islands, where more polar bears than people live, is plunged into up to 123 days of darkness every year, ...

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