Yet, one group of polar bears—which rely on sea ice to hunt their main prey, seals—has recently fattened up, despite the ...

An image of polar bears napping along the Hudson Bay coast in Canada has been shortlisted for the Wildlife Photographer of ...

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

One of the most attractive critters at the zoo splashes through frigid waters: polar bears, the beauties of the Arctic Circle ...

Their icy hunting grounds are rapidly shrinking, but polar bears in Norway's remote Svalbard archipelago have defied the odds ...

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

Ice melt could be temporarily helping polar bears hunt more efficiently, but scientists say it may soon hinder populations. View on euronews ...

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

Polar bears are healthier, with more fat reserves, than they were 25 years ago, despite a decrease in Arctic sea ice around Svalbard islands.

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

Arctic sea ice is vanishing faster than ever, and scientists expected polar bears in Svalbard would grow thinner. But a surprising new study reveals they are gaining body fat, defying predictions ...

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 ...