Faced with a rapidly changing habitat, polar bears are adapting with a new entrée: For the first time, a polar…
Due to centuries of hunting practices and the destabilization of arctic habitats, there have been growing concerns about the future survival of…
Imagine you have to walk through ice and snow all day for most of the year. You’d work up quite…
Polar bear numbers could drop by a third by mid-century due to disappearing Arctic sea ice owing to climate change,…
The planet is warming, from North Pole to South Pole. Since 1906, the global average surface temperature has increased by…
Eggs and berries are bad news for polar bears, a new study finds. The news may be even worse for…
Climate change has emerged as a more urgent issue than ever, especially considering the Trump administration’s moves to roll back…
You might picture sea ice as a vast, chunky expanse of white. That’s the view from above. But seen from…
They can overheat. While it seems hard to believe, given the nature of the climate they live in, polar bears…
Crying wolf is a risky strategy, even when the wolf is, quite demonstrably, at the door. People may still say…
Globally polar bear populations continue to decline. The United States is home to two distinct populations, of which, both are…
Polar bears could be sliding towards extinction faster than previously feared, with the animals facing an increasing struggle to find…
When photographer Paul Nicklen and filmmakers from conservation group Sea Legacy arrived on Somerset Island—near the larger Baffin Island—in the…
Conservation groups are fighting tooth and nail against Donald Trump’s administration in an effort to stop proposed revisions to the…
At the ends of the Earth, life thrives despite extreme conditions. In the Arctic and Southern Oceans, organisms have evolved…
Birth Seasons Polar bear cubs are born November through January in a den. Mother and cubs emerge from their den…
Polar bears are starving and could face extinction faster than previously thought, according to a new study. Published Thursday in…
Because of human carelessness the polar bear species are slowly being wiped off the face of the Earth. All the…
Because of melting sea ice, it is likely that more polar bears will soon starve, a new study that found…