Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A polar bear (Ursus maritimus) walks on pack ice in Svalbard, Norway. Andy Rouse, Nature Picture Library Polar bears are often the ...

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 ...

Polar bears are in better physical health than 25 years ago - despite sea ice losses, reveals new research. The well-being of the iconic white mammals living around the Norwegian island of Svalbard ...

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Their icy hunting grounds are rapidly shrinking, but polar bears in Norway's remote Svalbard archipelago have defied the odds ...

In a warming world, the polar bear has become the unofficial mascot of ecological collapse. We’ve all seen the photos of these majestic predators reduced to skin and bone, clinging to ever-shrinking ...

The Hidden Connection Between Polar Bears And Sea Ice That Keeps The Arctic Ecosystem Balanced: Polar bears critically depend ...

Not all polar bear populations are declining as a result of sea ice loss, according to new research. Polar bears that live along the Barents Sea near Svalbard -- the archipelago between Norway and the ...

The finding offers a small window of hope for a polar bear population vulnerable to the effects of climate change. A polar bear (Ursus maritimus) walks on pack ice in Svalbard, Norway. The effects ...

Rising temperatures and rapidly melting sea ice threaten polar bears across the Arctic. But the bears living 800 miles north of the Arctic Circle have stayed surprisingly fat, researchers report ...