Kali, now 13, was rescued as a cub in 2013 after residents of the Native Village of Point Lay, Alaska, discovered he’d been ...

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

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

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

Seals favored by Svalbard bears are becoming easier to hunt as ice declines, a study found. But researchers say the situation ...

Polar bears can struggle to adapt to climate change. Bears on Svalbard may be surviving on land prey and seals — but scientists warn it may not last.

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

Polar bears are now adding new foods to their diet, including reindeer, walruses and bird eggs ...

Shrinking sea ice has made life harder for polar bears in many parts of the Arctic, but the population in Svalbard seems to ...

“Svalbard (and the Barents Sea area) has experienced a much faster loss of sea ice than other areas having polar bears,” Aars ...

After decades monitoring polar bears in Norway's far north, researchers say the animals have proven incredibly adaptable, but ...

The body conditions of polar bear (Ursus maritimus) populations around the Norwegian island of Svalbard have improved despite ...