With grim predictions that all polar bears may be wiped off the planet by the end of the century, it’s vital scientists find a way to monitor numbers to see if conservation efforts are staving ...

A 17-year-old schoolboy mauled to death by a polar bear during an adventure holiday had found a paw print just two days prior to the lethal attack, an inquest has heard. Horatio Chapple was on an ...

A teenager who was mauled to death by a polar bear on an Arctic exhibition found a paw print two days earlier, an inquest is told.

DNA Pulled From Paw Prints May Help Researchers Study Elusive Polar Bears As rising temperatures threaten the Arctic mammals, scientists are turning to new, non-invasive methods to study them ...

University of Idaho researchers have found a unique, non-invasive way to identify polar bears in the Arctic by scraping DNA from a bear’s paw print.

A Canadian researcher is using new technology to try to "fingerprint" polar bears in an effort to discover how hunting and climate change are affecting their population.

Polar bears looking for mates appear to be following their noses over the sea ice, according to a newly published study. Like brown and black bears, polar bears make a practice of sniffing scents ...

Researchers at the University of Idaho have found a unique, non-invasive way to identify polar bears in the Arctic by scraping DNA from a bear’s paw print.

But unlike brown and black bears, which leave their odors on trees or other vertical surfaces, polar bears have to rely on paw prints left on the horizontal surface of snow-covered ice.

News Higher education U of I research team identifies polar bears using DNA found in paw prints Aug. 27, 2023 Updated Sun., Aug. 27, 2023 at 9:38 p.m.