Polar bears are the poster children of climate change—and for good reason. Researchers took more than 1,000 body measurements ...
To understand what Americans are experiencing with this winter blast, we need to look more than 20 miles above the surface of ...
Microbes across Earth's coldest regions are becoming more active as glaciers, permafrost and sea ice thaw, accelerating ...
Rising Arctic temperatures and melting sea ice could be causing cold air to flow into the Northern Hemisphere. But not all ...
Seals favored by Svalbard bears are becoming easier to hunt as ice declines, a study found. But researchers say the situation ...
After decades monitoring polar bears in Norway's far north, researchers say the animals have proven incredibly adaptable, but ...
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.
CBS News reports that scientists with the Norwegian Polar Institute have found a population of polar bears thriving despite ...
Scientists think that Svalbard bears have adapted to recent ice loss by eating more land-based prey.
Shrinking sea ice has made life harder for polar bears in many parts of the Arctic, but the population in Svalbard seems to ...
The finding offers a small window of hope for a polar bear population vulnerable to the effects of climate change.