Polar bears hunt their preferred food of seals from the edge of sea ice, often living off fat reserves when no sea ice is present.

The wilds of ancient Britain were likely home to polar bears, a study suggests. Modern polar bears are the biggest of the ...

But for these men, three geologists prospecting near the Arctic Ocean, and my father, who went along for the ride, this was one of the 73, and this polar bear planned on eating some two-legged seals.

The iconic Arctic species normally feed on ringed seals that they catch on ice ... around 3m long and can weigh close to 600kg. Polar bears can eat up to 45kg of blubber in one sitting.

Polar bears generally live and hunt alone, though they can be quite social too. They mainly eat seals – using their remarkable sense of smell they can detect a seal in the water beneath a metre of ...