International Polar Bear Day Feb 27, 2022

International Polar Bear Day

Today we celebrate International Polar Bear Day to spotlight efforts that protect these charismatic but vulnerable animals. Perhaps no other creature is as emblematic of climate change as polar bears, the apex predator of the Arctic. As the planet warms, their fragile habitat shrinks.

© Andre Gilden/Minden Pictures

palette

Today in History

Feb 27, 2018A polar bear near Churchill, Manitoba, Canada
Feb 27, 2019A predator at risk
Feb 27, 2020Three cheers for polar bears!
Feb 27, 2021A snuggling ball of cute
Feb 27, 2023International Polar Bear Day
Feb 27, 2024International Polar Bear Day
Feb 27, 2025International Polar Bear Day
Feb 27, 2026International Polar Bear Day

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Jun 19, 2022Father s Day
Mar 13, 2019A look at Uranus, seventh planet from the sun
Jan 24, 2019Lights, camera, Sundance
Feb 28, 2018Isla del Pescado on the Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia
Aug 17, 2023Things are looking up
May 9, 2021Happy Mother s Day!
Sep 6, 2019The old guard at Old San Juan
Mar 9, 2026Gray seal sleeping on the beach, Orkney Islands, Scotland
Oct 13, 2019Acadia transformed
Dec 14, 2023Christmas Bird Count
Oct 11, 2023National Fossil Day
Jul 13, 2022International Rock Day
Jun 5, 2018Up, up, and away for Hot Air Balloon Day
Oct 21, 2024Cypress trees in George L. Smith State Park, Georgia
Mar 2, 2025Megalong Valley, Blue Mountains National Park, Australia
Jan 9, 2019What, no escalator?
Jul 18, 2020The moth wonderful time of the year
Oct 26, 2020Corfe gets creepy
Feb 14, 2023Valentines Day
Jan 15, 2018Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Washington, DC
May 27, 2024Fallen but not forgotten
Aug 13, 2022Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
Aug 11, 2025Village of Santa Maddalena, Dolomites, Italy
Jun 13, 2024Registan Square, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Dec 27, 2025Plate ice along Lake Superior, Grand Marais, Minnesota
Aug 19, 2025Solar Impulse 2 in Honolulu
Aug 15, 2021Swim city
Apr 26, 2022Landscape Architecture Month
Nov 24, 2024Sonoma Coast State Park, California
Apr 21, 2019The Easter Bunny’s story