Not all polar bear populations are declining as a result of sea ice loss, according to new research. Polar bears that live along the Barents Sea near Svalbard -- the archipelago between Norway and the ...

Each year on February 27, International Polar Bear Day draws attention to one of the Arctic’s most powerful predators, the polar bearUrsus maritimus. These large marine mammals rely on sea ice to hunt ...

Polar bears in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas are spending dramatically more time on land than at any point in the modern tracking record, with up to 50% of some populations now summering onshore ...

In a warming world, the polar bear has become the unofficial mascot of ecological collapse. We’ve all seen the photos of these majestic predators reduced to skin and bone, clinging to ever-shrinking ...

As sea ice disappears in Norway’s Svalbard archipelago, the fastest warming place on Earth, polar bears have been getting fatter — but scientists don’t expect it to last. The northern Barents Sea, ...

The finding offers a small window of hope for a polar bear population vulnerable to the effects of climate change. A polar bear (Ursus maritimus) walks on pack ice in Svalbard, Norway. The effects ...

As the sea ice melts due to climate change, the trend of polar bears getting thinner and having fewer cubs has been well documented in areas such as Baffin Bay, a stretch of ocean between Greenland ...

Polar bears are in better physical health than 25 years ago - despite sea ice losses, reveals new research. The well-being of the iconic white mammals living around the Norwegian island of Svalbard ...

Rising temperatures and rapidly melting sea ice threaten polar bears across the Arctic. But the bears living 800 miles north of the Arctic Circle have stayed surprisingly fat, researchers report ...