Tag: Polar

Mother and daughter polar bears join wildlife park

A wildlife park has welcomed two new polar bears as part of its conservation work. Flocke, 16, and her daughter Tala, four, have been welcomed at Jimmy’s Farm & Wildlife Park near Ipswich. They will join polar bear Ewa, who was previously saved from a disbanded zoo in Sweden in October 2023. The park’s founder […]

Inside Polar Wolf, the sadistic centrepiece of Putin’s gulag archipelago

Even within Russia’s notorious penal colony system, prison FGU IK-3, or the Polar Wolf as it is more commonly known, has a reputation for cruelty. In winter temperatures of -30C, prisoners are ordered to gather outside for morning roll call wearing only light clothing. In spring, swarms of mosquitoes bite through their uniforms. If any […]

Polar bears struggling to adapt to longer ice-free Arctic periods

Polar bears in Canada’s Hudson Bay risk starvation as climate change lengthens periods without Arctic Sea ice, despite the creatures’ willingness to expand their diets. Polar bears use the ice that stretches across the ocean surface in the Arctic during colder months to help them access their main source of prey — fatty ringed and […]

Sleepy polar bear image winds prestigious wildlife photo award

One of the world’s most prestigious wildlife photography awards has announced its winner – and it’s equal parts mesmerizing and adorable. The winner of the Natural History Museum of London’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year award is Nima Sarikhani, for her captivating image of a polar bear sleeping on sea ice. The photograph, called “Ice […]