Orca vs. Polar Bear: Size. The average polar bear weighs anywhere between 330 and 1,300 pounds. They grow about 6 to 9.5 feet long, and they can stand as much as 3 to 5 feet tall at the shoulder.

A new rule, scheduled to take effect Thursday, follows a series of lawsuits brought by environmental groups claiming that the ...

Stories have surfaced of animals fighting off new diseases and sometimes losing that fight. The bird flu infected and killed a polar bear and walruses in the Arctic for the first time.

D.C. snowball fight draws hundreds of people — and a polar bear The annual tradition was revived after several inches of snow covered the Washington region Monday morning. January 6, 2025 ...

Polar bears face mounting challenges in a changing, warming world, mostly related to their waning wintery wonderland habitats. But they may be increasingly infected with germs and parasites, too ...

Polar bear cubs are born with their eyes closed, weighing about the mass of a squirrel. ... Unfortunately, oil and gas drilling in the Alaskan Arctic — including the Willow project, which we're ...

Polar bears might be greasier than widely believed.. The bears’ greasy fur is the secret to the popular species’ survival in one of Earth’s most punishing climates. The grease, also known as ...

Neil Ever Osborne Frequent wrestling matches help polar bears develop hunting and fighting skills. Compared with omnivorous brown bears, from which they evolved more than 100,000 years ago, ...

She said if you are ever cornered by a polar bear, do not back down. "If you're attacked by a polar bear, definitely do not play dead - that is a myth," she said. "Fight as long as you can." ...

If you ask children or college students to draw pictures to illustrate climate change, chances are that polar bears will make an appearance.. Since activists started fighting to protect the ...

Polar bears need to conserve energy, and the benefits of fighting are quickly outmatched by the benefits of preserving energy. Sparring tigers , on the other hand, explode upon one another with ...