These polar bears appear to be maintaining their physical health despite the loss of sea ice—their preferred hunting grounds ...

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

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

Experts documented a rare case of one polar bear adopting another’s cub, offering an exciting moment of hope for the species.

Jon Aars, a senior scientist with the Norwegian Polar Institute who authored the study, spoke with CBS News and the New York ...

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 ...

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

Svalbard’s chubby bears upend catastrophe talk—echoing Trump’s swagger and Gates’s pivot to adaptation.

Regular folks who care about wildlife generally know that climate change is bad for polar bears, but they have only vague ideas about the mechanics of it. We picture polar bears floating on ice floes ...

Why polar bears are doing well in Svalbard, problematic seaweed is visible from space, why the common cold hits some people ...

The haunting polar bear photo is one of 24 finalists for the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Nuveen People’s Choice Award ...

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