Warming temperatures appear to be driving genetic mutations in some polar bears to help them survive the shifting climatic ...

As the world's largest bear, and largest land carnivore, polar bears are impressive mammals and are adapted to living in the ...

A polar bear walks on ice after pulling iself out of the Chukchi Sea on June 14, 2014. Even though the Chukchi Sea polar bear population has fared better than others in the rapidly warming Arctic ...

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

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

The photographer of a stunning image of a polar bear drifting off to sleep on a bed of ice won the Natural History Museum's 2023 Wildlife Photographer of the Year award, drawing attention to the ...

Louise Archer receives funding from Mitacs Canada and Polar Bears International. She is affiliated with University of Toronto Scarborough and Polar Bears International. University of Toronto provides ...

In a violent Arctic game of tug-of-war, several polar bears in northern Canada had to fend off an overly eager—and outnumbered—black bear vying for a meal. And the entire ordeal was captured on video.

Polar bears roaming the ice and swimming the waters of the Chukchi Sea have become increasingly exposed over the past decades to a collection of disease pathogens, according to a newly published study ...