Their icy hunting grounds are rapidly shrinking, but polar bears in Norway's remote Svalbard archipelago have defied the odds ...

Despite the decline of sea ice over the past several decades due to climate change, scientists found that some polar bears ...

Scientists to drill into Antarctica’s fragile ‘Doomsday Glacier’ that poses threat to world’s oceans - Researchers have never ...

Polar bears, a mascot for the impacts of climate change, are threatened by melting sea ice. These iconic Arctic predators depend on seals, but they can’t easily hunt them without a platform of ice.

Instead of growing leaner like polar bears in other parts of the Arctic, those in Svalbard have gained body fat. Read more at ...

Seals favored by Svalbard bears are becoming easier to hunt as ice declines, a study found. But researchers say the situation ...

Polar bears are in better physical health than 25 years ago - despite sea ice losses, reveals new research. The well-being of ...

Polar bears are actually getting healthier despite shrinking sea ice, scientists have discovered in an unexpected finding.

Trump’s anti-climate policies have already been damaging to the Arctic and global climate protection. Now his deeply ...

Studying close to 800 bears over nearly 25 years shows that polar bear populations in the rapidly warming Barents Sea, off the northern coasts of Norway and Russia, are doing better than polar bears ...

Polar bears can struggle to adapt to climate change. Bears on Svalbard may be surviving on land prey and seals — but ...

From the Arctic to the Andes, discover the five places warming faster than anywhere else on the planet – and why ...