Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Not all polar bear populations are declining as a result of sea ice loss, according to new research. Polar bears that live along ...

Something alarming is happening at the top of the world. Polar bears, long regarded as the living symbol of a warming planet, are getting physically smaller. Their bodies are lighter, their cubs are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Polar bears are divided into 19 recognized subpopulations, each facing different environmental pressures within the Arctic ...

While scientists have long known polar bears are threatened by global heating, this latest study published in Nature Climate ...

A segment of the polar bear population is at risk of extinction should ice-free periods continue to get longer, researchers have determined using analysis of the sea ice as well as the health of the ...

Learn how climate change is shifting the way seals hunt and how a lose of ice could create bigger risks even still.

Polar bear encounters with humans are a regular concern for scientists and communities near polar bear habitats, but new research is showing the bears' reasons for coming in contact with humans might ...

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 ...

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Twenty years on, relive the iconic scene from Sir David Attenborough's Planet Earth that changed our understanding of how ...

The federal government halted boat polar bear viewing in Kaktovik over five years ago, following criticism from the community ...

Sat, February 7, 2026 at 3:30 PM UTC Polar bears rely on sea ice as a platform for hunting seals, which provide the fat and energy they need to survive. When ice covers the ocean, bears wait near seal ...