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

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

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

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 ...

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

Seals favored by Svalbard bears are becoming easier to hunt as ice declines, a study found. But researchers say the situation may be temporary.

Polar bears need ice for their long term survival as less or shrinking ice forces these creatures to travel long distances in ...

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

Well, well, well. How inconvenient. Exactly 20 years after climate change was catapulted to the top of the political agenda, the poster creature of the crisis – the polar bear – appears to be doing ...

Scientists think that Svalbard bears have adapted to recent ice loss by eating more land-based prey.

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