As melting sea ice reveals new trade routes, resources and battlegrounds, the Kola Bay is emerging as one of Russia’s most ...

A new study published in Communications Earth & Environment has shown that sea ice in the Southern Ocean plays a significant ...

You probably know polar bears as the big white animals roaming the Arctic, but there’s a lot about them that doesn’t make it ...

Unalaska is famous for its deep-water port that doesn't freeze in the winter, but the island hasn’t always been this warm.

Polar bears are resilient animals. Scientists issue warning over worrisome conditions that could leave polar bears stranded — ...

Some of the water around Antarctica has been getting saltier. And that has affected the amount of sea ice at the bottom of ...

The collapse of the world’s second-largest ice sheet would drown cities worldwide. Is that ice more vulnerable than we know?

The polar bear lifestyle involves packing on weight when hunting is possible on the sea ice, says Derocher, a case of 'survival of the fattest' so the bear doesn't starve when there's not much ...

Research led by the U.S. Geological Survey shows that in the first decade of the 21st century, the number of polar bears in the southern Beaufort Sea dropped 40%.

When sea ice melts, polar bears must move onto land for several months without access to food. This fasting period is challenging for all bears, but particularly for polar bear mothers who are ...

Due to the effects of the climate crisis, their sea ice habitat is shrinking and, in May of 2008, polar bears were listed as a a vulner species in the U.S. under the Endangered Species Act.