Polar bears are healthier, with more fat reserves, than they were 25 years ago, despite a decrease in Arctic sea ice around Svalbard islands.

Shortly after her arrival last fall, Amelia Gray met Hudson, and the pair hit it off immediately. They touched their noses together in greeting and chuffed — a soft, breathy, snorting sound ...

Polar bears need ice for their long term survival as less or shrinking ice forces these creatures to travel long distances in ...

As the Arctic region is transformed by climate change, Russia's presence in Svalbard starts to look like a stroke of strategic genius ...

Temperatures will be in the teens Saturday morning, but it will feel even colder. Temps won't improve much by the afternoon, only reaching the 20s.

The 13-year-old polar bear, named Kali — pronounced Cull-ee — moved from the Toledo Zoo to Detroit Zoo, where he will share a ...

Kali, now 13, was rescued as a cub in 2013 after residents of the Native Village of Point Lay, Alaska, discovered he’d been ...

At the same time, Nuka has moved on to the Toledo Zoo, where he will be reunited with female polar bear Crystal. While his departure is bittersweet, zoo officials are thrilled to see Nuka continue to ...

A population of bears in Norway’s Arctic is confounding scientists’ expectations, getting fatter and healthier even as the ...

One of the most attractive critters at the zoo splashes through frigid waters: polar bears, the beauties of the Arctic Circle ...

ROYAL OAK, MI - A polar bear with an improbable survival story has just moved to Michigan. 13-year old Kali now calls the Detroit Zoo’s Arctic Ring of Life habitat his home.

Kali is 13 and was rescued as a cub after being found orphaned by residents of the Native Village of Point Lay, Alaska, in ...