Polar bears near Svalbard are gaining fat despite sea ice loss, revealing how some Arctic wildlife is adapting to warming.

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

For years, images of thin polar bears stranded on shrinking ice floes shaped how many people understood climate change in the ...

Polar bears need fat to survive the harsh Arctic cold; that’s why they eat blubbery seals. Seals, meanwhile, need ice to rest ...

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

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

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

The Arctic is home to some of the most well-known animals, such as polar bears. They stand for strength, endurance, and the stark beauty of the frozen.

From Detroit to Toledo and beyond, explore how zoos cooperate to give polar bears safer homes and visitors unforgettable ...

The bears began feeding on alternative food sources, researchers found.

An old video of a polar bear has resurfaced online, drawing fresh admiration for the animal’s intelligence. Unlike the usual image of polar bears lumbering across ice on all fours, this one adopts an ...

Paleontologists at the Canadian Museum of Nature have recently been studying the skeletal remains of a rhinoceros. This might ...