Arctic temperatures are rising nearly four times faster than those in the rest of the world, resulting in the loss of sea ice ...

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

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

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

The Arctic is home to some of the most well-known animals, such as polar bears. They stand for strength, endurance, and the ...

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

Brookfield Zoo, which has cared for generations of polar bears, hopes to offer guidelines for an area where mothers den at ...

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

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 ...

Winner of the Sundance U.S. Documentary Competition’s Grand Jury Prize, Jack Weisman and Gabriela Osio Vanden’s film is both ...

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

Just take the elegant Valais goat herd and the polar bear in this video, for instance. When they meet each other for the ...