Arctic temperatures are rising nearly four times faster than those in the rest of the world, resulting in the loss of sea ice there. Yet, one group of polar bears—which rely on sea ice to hunt their ...

If you thought winter was cold where you live, just imagine how a polar bear must feel! These amazing animals live on coastal ...

Research published in Scientific Reports analyzed over two decades of data from nearly 800 adult polar bears in the Barents Sea from 1995 to 2019. The team expected to see worsening body condition as ...

Polar bears of the Svalbard archipelago have surprised scientists by growing fatter, despite shrinking sea ice, with one ...

Scientists think that Svalbard bears have adapted to recent ice loss by eating more land-based prey.

From Hudson Bay to the Chukchi Sea, meet 19 polar bear groups and the people racing to protect them as ice disappears.

Polar bears' fat reserves have increased as sea ice levels decreased. The post Polar bears in better shape than 25 years ago despite sea ice losses appeared first on Talker.

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.

Studying close to 800 bears over nearly 25 years shows that polar bear populations in the rapidly warming Barents Sea, off ...

Not all polar bear populations are declining as a result of sea ice loss, according to new research. Polar bears that live along the Barents Sea near Svalbard -- the archipelago between Norway and the ...

A long-term study of Polar Bears in the Norwegian Arctic shows that, despite dramatic sea-ice declines, individuals around ...

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.