Polar bears are struggling to survive as Arctic ice disappears, limiting food, reducing habitat, and pushing their ability to adapt.

Something alarming is happening at the top of the world. Polar bears, long regarded as the living symbol of a warming planet, ...

Polar bears in Hudson Bay could safeguard marine protected areas, helping sustain certain Arctic ecosystems experiencing climate pressure.

Researchers reviewed footage from 20 bears. Scientists attached GoPros to Arctic polar bears — here's what's happening first ...

While scientists have long known polar bears are threatened by global heating, this latest study published in Nature Climate ...

Twenty years on, relive the iconic scene from Sir David Attenborough's Planet Earth that changed our understanding of how ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Around 500,000 years ago (at least, by recent estimates), a subpopulation of the brown bear migrated ...

To protect the vulnerable biodiversity of the Arctic, researchers from the University of Alberta and San Diego Zoo Wildlife ...

Deep in the ice-covered peaks of Norway lies the sleepy Arctic village of Svalbard. With fewer than 3,000 residents, its inhabitants are primarily wildlife. Arctic foxes scurry from their burrows, ...

Cold-climate animals are remarkably adaptable creatures, specialized for survival in some of the harshest temperatures in our ...

Each year on February 27, International Polar Bear Day draws attention to one of the Arctic’s most powerful predators, the polar bear Ursus maritimus. These large marine mammals rely on sea ice to ...

Scientists are learning to dive beneath polar ice and study the study the flora and fauna below. The Finnish Scientific Diving Academy has designed a program ...