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

If you thought winter was cold where you live, just imagine how a polar bear must feel! These amazing animals live on coastal ice fields and floating ice in the Arctic Ocean, where they hunt for seals ...

Polar bears in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas are spending dramatically more time on land than at any point in the modern ...

Despite rapid warming in Svalbard, polar bears have shown increased weight since 2000, possibly due to easier seal hunting ...

For years, images of thin polar bears stranded on shrinking ice floes shaped how many people understood climate change in the Arctic. Those photos seemed to confirm dire predictions, that as sea ice ...

Studying close to 800 bears over nearly 25 years shows that polar bear populations in the rapidly warming Barents Sea, off the northern coasts of Norway and Russia, are doing better than polar bears ...

Ice melt could be temporarily helping polar bears hunt more efficiently, but scientists say it may soon hinder populations. View on euronews ...