Polar animals

Polar animals live in cold regions or depend on cold seas. Dense fur, fat layers, insulating feathers and seasonal behaviour provide different ways to survive long winters.

Which animals live in polar regions?

Examples here include polar bears, penguins, seals, walruses, narwhals, Arctic hares, Arctic wolves, Arctic foxes, reindeer and bowhead whales. Their ranges differ: polar bears live in the Arctic, while penguins live in the Southern Hemisphere.