Polar bears are, as Pagano explained, 'ambush predators' that hang around areas they think seals are in and wait by breathing ...

Against the backdrop of Arctic warming, polar bears in Norway’s far north are gaining fat and feeding on new prey—a testament to their adaptability.

The study’s authors emphasize the importance of continued monitoring across different regions. Scientists 'surprised' by findings from new Arctic study on polar bears: 'People don't see it ... people ...

Scientists studying polar bears were greeted with a most unexpected surprise during a recent tracking expedition in northeastern Manitoba. A polar bear mother and her cub were walking near Churchill ...

For years, images of thin polar bears stranded on shrinking ice floes shaped how many people understood climate change in the Arctic. Those photos seemed to confirm dire predictions, that as sea ice ...

Despite rapid warming in Svalbard, polar bears have shown increased weight since 2000, possibly due to easier seal hunting ...

The body conditions of polar bear (Ursus maritimus) populations around the Norwegian island of Svalbard have improved despite sea ice losses, according to new findings. The findings differ from ...

Rising temperatures and rapidly melting sea ice threaten polar bears across the Arctic. But the bears living 800 miles north of the Arctic Circle have stayed surprisingly fat, researchers report ...

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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.

Polar bears are the poster children of climate change—and for good reason. These giant bears hunt, mate and spend their days hanging out on Arctic sea ice, which is rapidly disappearing as the climate ...

There's love in the polar bear enclosure. A Madison zoo has introduced two bears as part of the Polar Bear Population Alliance.