Polar bears face one of the toughest survival challenges in their history as the Arctic warms far faster than the rest of the ...

Polar bears face “total extinction” by the end of this century, but scientists have found a small beacon of “hope”.View on ...

A new study suggests polar bears may be genetically adapting to survive a rapidly warming Arctic—in what researchers describe ...

Researchers say the findings, the first documented case of rising temperatures driving genetic change in a mammal, offer a ...

More than 50 hungry polar bears invaded the Russian coastal village of Belushya Guba over a period of three months, attracted by the local dump. Some bears entered homes and businesses by ripping ...

New research has suggested that polar bears could be rewriting their DNA in order to adapt to warmer climates.

Study is the first to find a statistically significant link between rising temperatures and altered DNA activity in a wild ...

A new study from the University of East Anglia suggests that polar bears are undergoing rapid genetic changes, and scientists ...

New research reveals a link between rising temperatures and changes in polar bear DNA, which may be helping them adapt and ...

The alarming trend of record-low sea ice in Hudson Bay has dire consequences for polar bears, who are fasting on land and waiting for the ice to form so they can hunt ...

Sept. 6, 2006 — -- The breakup of Arctic sea ice because of global warming is depriving polar bears of weeks of valuable hunting time they need to survive the long ice-free months without food, ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Some polar bears in the Arctic are shedding pounds during the time they should be beefing up, a new study shows. It's the climate change diet and scientists said it's not good ...