Polar bears depend on frozen ocean surfaces more than any other land predator. The ice functions as a platform where they ...
Polar bears near the remote archipelago of Svalbard are getting heavier, not thinner, even as the sea ice they depend on continues to shrink. New research points to conservation history as a key ...
Polar bears are showing up near Arctic communities more often, and headlines suggesting they are “hunting humans” have spread ...
Polar bears are in better physical health than 25 years ago - despite sea ice losses, reveals new research. The well-being of the iconic white mammals living around the Norwegian island of Svalbard ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 1,700-pound polar bears have specialized adaptations to navigate their icy Arctic homes. Microscopic papillae measuring 1.5 times ...
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 ...