WWF also works to protect critical polar bear habitats, including important movement corridors and denning areas, and to minimize additional stressors from industrial activity such as oil and gas development and Arctic shipping. WWF supports community involvement in conservation and management.

Top 10 facts about polar bears

• Polar bears are classified as marine mammals.
• A polar bear skin is actually black.
• They can swim constantly for days at a time.
• Less than 2% of polar bear hunts are successful.
• Scientists can extract polar bear DNA from just their footprints.
• They face more threats than climate change.

Arctic Polar bears live in Arctic regions like Canada, Alaska, Russia, Greenland and Norway. Much of a polar bear's time is spent on sea ice, where they hunt, rest, breed and care for their young. As the Arctic's top predator, polar bears' biggest threats are humans and impacts of climate change.

Polar bears live in the frozen Arctic landscape, the northernmost point on the planet. They are not found in Antarctica, even though the North and South poles are both snow-covered, icy-cold environments. Polar bears range across the Arctic Ocean, in parts of Canada, Alaska, Russia, Greenland and Norway (Svalbard).

There are currently between 20,000 and 25,000 polar bears worldwide, and the species is now listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

We protect wildlife because they inspire us. But we also focus our efforts on those species - like tigers, rhinos, whales and marine turtles - whose protection influences and supports the survival of other species or offers the opportunity to protect whole landscapes or marine areas.

Interesting Unknown facts that you need to know

• Hot water will turn into ice faster than cold water.
• The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows.
• The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
• Ants take rest for around 8 Minutes in 12-hour period.
• "I Am" is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

These are 10 awesome facts about bears!

• There Are 8 Species of Bears.
• Bears Come in Many Shapes and Sizes.
• Bears Are Extremely Strong.
• Bears Are Also Fast.
• Bears Are Omnivores.
• Bears Can See Color.
• Bears Can Smell and Hear Much Better Than Humans.
• Bears Are Very Smart.

Churchill From July to November, about a thousand migrate to Churchill, earning it the nickname the "polar bear capital of the world." Here, the planet's largest land carnivores spend the summer and await winter, when the bay freezes and they can perch on the ice and hunt for ringed seals.

Canada Polar bears are found all around the circumpolar Arctic, in the five 'polar bear range countries': Canada, US, Russia, Svalbard (Norway), and Greenland. Canada's home to the most polar bears, approximately two thirds of the global numbers.

Canada is truly 'where the bears are' – at least, most of the bears. Some 60% of the world's polar bears (known among Canada's Inuit as nanuk or nanuq) spend the majority of their time in Canada.

How many polar bears are left in the Arctic? Global estimates suggest that around 22,000 to 31,000 polar bears remain in their natural habitat.