Polar bears in the Arctic regions are suffering from a new kind of injury that's never been observed until recently.

However other researchers say the impacts of climate change on polar bears would differ, depending on location. "It is likely polar bears will disappear from areas where sea ice will be lost in ...

This assessment is one in a series resulting from a WWF study that assesses the vulnerability of numerous species to the effects of climate change. This assessment of polar bears is one in a series ...

Recent studies reveal a surprising increase in Polar bear’s consumption of whale carcasses, a behavior that underscores the ...

Hudson Bay's polar bear populations were affected positively and negatively by a shift in sea ice and wind patterns in 2024, ...

Churchill's port is currently closed down for nine months of the year when the ice sets in Climate change poses a challenge for the polar bear capital of the world, but the mayor is optimistic.

There are around 22,000 polar bears left in the wild, but man-made climate change and global warming are making life tough for these impressive, powerful predators—so saving the polar bears could be ...

Editor's Note: National Geographic went too far in drawing a definitive connection between climate change and a particular starving polar bear in the opening caption of our December 2017 video ...

So far, the Center's work has helped polar bears keep their protected status even after legal appeals to the bear's listing on several fronts, and we're still working to save these majestic animals ...

It can get pretty frustrating.” In recent years, climate change has introduced a new threat to Diomeders: polar bears, the largest land carnivores on Earth. Unlike other bear species ...

"Arctic research will remain in limbo as long as current geopolitical tensions between Russia and other Arctic Council member ...

Polar bears are the world's largest land carnivore ... The rapid loss of sea ice due to climate change is "driving hungry bears to land and putting both at risk". From our morning news briefing ...