Polar bears near Svalbard are gaining fat despite sea ice loss, revealing how some Arctic wildlife is adapting to warming.

Recovering walrus populations, helped by a 1950 hunting ban, are also providing food. Other polar bear populations, such as in Alaska, Canada, and Greenland, are declining, and they may be stable or ...

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

Learn how polar bears in the Arctic’s Barents Sea are maintaining healthy fat reserves despite sea ice loss in a warming ...

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

The bears began feeding on alternative food sources, researchers found.

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

In the high Arctic, where polar bears have long symbolized the dangers of a warming planet, new research from Norway is ...