As Arctic sea ice shrinks, new research shows how much energy polar bears use to find food
- Written by Anthony Pagano, PhD Candidate, University of California, Santa Cruz
A polar bear breaks through think Arctic ice.USGS
Polar bears live in a remote and inhospitable environment far from most human settlements. For most biologists, opportunities to observe these animals are fleeting. In fact, scientists’ main resources for understanding basic behaviors of polar bears on sea ice are observations of polar bear...