A population of bears in Norway’s Arctic is confounding scientists’ expectations, getting fatter and healthier even as the ...

“Svalbard (and the Barents Sea area) has experienced a much faster loss of sea ice than other areas having polar bears,” Aars ...

In parts of the Arctic, polar bears are in decline as sea ice, which they depend on to hunt, disappears. That is not the case ...

Scientists think that Svalbard bears have adapted to recent ice loss by eating more land-based prey.

These polar bears appear to be maintaining their physical health despite the loss of sea ice—their preferred hunting grounds ...

After decades monitoring polar bears in Norway's far north, researchers say the animals have proven incredibly adaptable, but ...

Polar bears, a mascot for the impacts of climate change, are threatened by melting sea ice. These iconic Arctic predators ...

Polar bears are now adding new foods to their diet, including reindeer, walruses and bird eggs ...

In a warming world, the polar bear has become the unofficial mascot of ecological collapse. We’ve all seen the photos of ...

Shortly after her arrival last fall, Amelia Gray met Hudson, and the pair hit it off immediately. They touched their noses together in greeting and chuffed — a soft, breathy, snorting sound ...

The 5-week-old cub began to open her eyes Friday. — -- A sleeping polar bear cub at an Ohio zoo was caught apparently dreaming and the zoo got the adorable slumber on video. In the video, the cub ...