As the Arctic region is transformed by climate change, Russia's presence in Svalbard starts to look like a stroke of ...

The bears have not lost weight over the past 20 years in the Norwegian archipelago, despite the region's accelerating warming. Among the reasons: They hunt prey other than seals, such as reindeer and ...

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 ...

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

Polar bears are large carnivores that can treat humans as potential prey, especially when hunger rises and sea ice limits access to seals. In Arctic communities, records include stalking and repeated ...

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

In a new ad slated to air during Super Bowl LX on February 8, Pepsi lures a Coca-Cola stalwart, a figure meant to be seen as ...

Scientists expected the opposite, but polar bears in the Norwegian Arctic archipelago of Svalbard have become fatter and ...

Polar bears that live along the Barents Sea near Svalbard -- the archipelago between Norway and the North Pole -- appear to ...

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