Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A polar bear (Ursus maritimus) walks on pack ice in Svalbard, Norway. Andy Rouse, Nature Picture Library Polar bears are often the ...

Polar bears live on the sea ice and are still struggling to hang on as their icy Arctic world melts all around them.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Land-based diets provide a counterintuitive nutritional void that fails to replace marine-derived fats. Researchers utilized ...

It’s no secret that polar bears in the Arctic are vulnerable to sea ice loss, but a curious finding has emerged from a new long-term study of bears in Svalbard. It found that adult polar bears have ...

As the sea ice melts due to climate change, the trend of polar bears getting thinner and having fewer cubs has been well documented in areas such as Baffin Bay, a stretch of ocean between Greenland ...

If you thought winter was cold where you live, just imagine how a polar bear must feel! These amazing animals live on coastal ice fields and floating ice in the Arctic Ocean, where they hunt for seals ...

Polar bears in Hudson Bay could safeguard marine protected areas, helping sustain certain Arctic ecosystems experiencing climate pressure.

Polar bears depend on frozen ocean surfaces more than any other land predator. The ice functions as a platform where they hunt seals, their primary source of energy. Bears often wait beside breathing ...

Polar bears are struggling to survive as Arctic ice disappears, limiting food, reducing habitat, and pushing their ability to adapt.

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. The Barents ...