Home›Sources›Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)SourcesPolar Bear (Ursus maritimus) (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)Government Wildlife Agency PageCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextNature Atlas. "Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-nature.interactiveatlas.org/sources/fws-polar-bear-species-profile.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextNature Atlas. (n.d.). Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-nature.interactiveatlas.org/sources/fws-polar-bear-species-profileCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{natureatlas-polar-bear-ursus-maritimus-u-s-fish-and, author = {Nature Atlas}, title = {Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-nature.interactiveatlas.org/sources/fws-polar-bear-species-profile}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXReference and ClassificationVerifiedFactsSourcesClaims Backed By This Source (25 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsPublisherWell-attestedU.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceURLWell-attestedhttps://www.fws.gov/species/polar-bear-ursus-maritimusSource TypeWell-attestedconservation-authoritySourcesPolar Bear (Ursus maritimus) (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)U.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceView the SourceClaims Backed By This Source (25 claims)This source backs 25 claims across the atlas. As facts: 16 well-attested. As cited relationships: 6 holds. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicArticles, 16 claims: 10 well-attested, 4 holds, 2 general references.Species, 6 claims: 3 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 general references.Sources, 3 claims: 3 well-attested.Well-attested16ArticlesA Marine Mammal That Hunts From the IceTwenty Six Thousand Bears, Counted as Nineteen Separate PopulationsSourcesPolar Bear (Ursus maritimus) (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)SpeciesPolar BearHolds6ArticlesA Marine Mammal That Hunts From the IceTwenty Six Thousand Bears, Counted as Nineteen Separate PopulationsSpeciesPolar BearGeneral References3ArticlesA Marine Mammal That Hunts From the IceTwenty Six Thousand Bears, Counted as Nineteen Separate PopulationsSpeciesPolar BearComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year