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

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

After decades monitoring polar bears in Norway's far north, researchers say the animals have proven incredibly adaptable, but ...

Climate deniers are quick to say ‘I told you so’ when the mercury drops. But a warmer planet impacts weather in ways that can ...

Tens of millions of people are in the path of a major winter storm. Federal cuts threaten efforts to understand the causes of such weather.

Rising Arctic temperatures and melting sea ice could be causing cold air to flow into the Northern Hemisphere. But not all ...

Polar bears can struggle to adapt to climate change. Bears on Svalbard may be surviving on land prey and seals — but scientists warn it may not last.

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 ...

The fuzzy white predators of Svalbard, Norway, have been getting fatter over the past two decades, possibly by changing their diets and hunting strategies, a new study suggests ...

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

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

Microbes across Earth's coldest regions are becoming more active as glaciers, permafrost and sea ice thaw, accelerating ...