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

Arctic temperatures are rising nearly four times faster than those in the rest of the world, resulting in the loss of sea ice there. Yet, one group of polar bears—which rely on sea ice to hunt their ...

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

Well, well, well. How inconvenient. Exactly 20 years after climate change was catapulted to the top of the political agenda, the poster creature of the crisis – the polar bear – appears to be doing ...

The finding offers a small window of hope for a polar bear population vulnerable to the effects of climate change.

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

Svalbard’s chubby bears upend catastrophe talk—echoing Trump’s swagger and Gates’s pivot to adaptation.

Climate deniers are quick to say ‘I told you so’ when the mercury drops. But a warmer planet impacts weather in ways that can ...

Remarkably, the number of days with no ice in the region increased by roughly 100 during that period. And yet, as the authors found, the body condition of both male and female polar bears—i.e., how ...

Rising Arctic temperatures and melting sea ice could be causing cold air to flow into the Northern Hemisphere. But not all ...

Tens of millions of people are in the path of a major winter storm. Federal cuts threaten efforts to understand the causes of such weather.

Polar bears can struggle to adapt to climate change. Bears on Svalbard may be surviving on land prey and seals — but scientists warn it may not last.