Each year on 27, International Polar Bear Day draws attention to one of the Arctic’s most powerful predators, the polar bear ...

The study’s authors emphasize the importance of continued monitoring across different regions. Scientists 'surprised' by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the past, both Arctic explorers and local Inuit have occasionally fallen prey to polar bears. Even today, attacks and even ...

If you thought winter was cold where you live, just imagine how a polar bear must feel! These amazing animals live on coastal ...

Scientists have reported some rare good news from the Arctic. As the climate changes and the ice melts, in one region at least, polar bears are thriving — finding new ways to survive, and even packing ...

With the polar bear species in a fight for survival because of disappearing Arctic sea ice, a new distinct group of Greenland bears seem to have stumbled on an icy oasis that might allow a small ...

Their icy hunting grounds are rapidly shrinking, but polar bears in Norway's remote Svalbard archipelago have defied the odds by bulking up instead of wasting away, a study said Thursday. The Barents ...

As polar bears across the Arctic watch their sea ice habitat disappear, here’s something they might be wishing for: A one-way ticket to Norway’s Svalbard archipelago. There, on a collection of rocky ...

(CNN) — 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 ...