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

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

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

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

Remarkably, the number of days with no ice in the region increased by roughly 100 during that period. And yet, as the authors found, the body condition of both male and female polar bears—i.e., how ...

This study was funded by grants from the Natural Environment Research Council (NE/S011188/1) and the European Research Council (SELECTHAPLOID - 101001341) The Arctic Ocean current is at its warmest in ...

An expert said that the way the mammals are sustaining themselves is likely transient: 'it will be OK for a while, until it ...

In Churchill, Canada, polar bears gather by the hundreds in the fall, waiting for the nearby bay to freeze. The human ...