Polar Bear
Pictures

A polar bear cub with its mom

A close-up shot of a polar bear with snow on it's snout.

Polar bear on ice flow in Wager Bay (Ukkusiksalik National Park, Nunavut, Canada)

Polar Bears play-fighting

Sow Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) near Kaktovik, Alaska

Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) cubs.

Mother with cubs

A polar bear stops to drink near the north pole.

A polar bear mother and her two cubs in Wapusk National Park, Canada.

A close-up of a polar bear's face.

Only animals like polar bears can survive in the coldest places on earth.

Cubs are small when they're born and stay by their mother's side for several weeks.

Territorial bears will often fight over food.

Polar bears

The Polar Bear is a solitary animal that can not only run at speeds of up to 25mph but its strong ability to swim at 6mph makes it a true apex predator within its environment. These semi-aquatic mammals can hunt both on the ice and in the water and have been known to swim vast distances across the open ocean in search of food.

A Polar bear mother with two cubs on ice. Polar bears are born tiny and completely helpless, but grow up to be the largest carnivore on land

Polar bear with cub. Because they spend most of their lives on the sea ice of the Arctic Ocean depending on the ocean for their food and habitat, polar bears are the only bear species to be considered marine mammals.