Their icy hunting grounds are rapidly shrinking, but polar bears in Norway's remote Svalbard archipelago have defied the odds by bulking up instead of wasting away, according to a new study said. The ...

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

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

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

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

China's activities in the Arctic are in line with the international law, and the United States "should not use other countries as a pretext for seeking selfish gains", a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman ...

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 ...

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

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

The Detroit Zoo and the Toledo Zoo have exchanged the care of two polar bears as part of an effort to support breeding populations among zoo habitats.

In a warming world, the polar bear has become the unofficial mascot of ecological collapse. We’ve all seen the photos of ...

In 2014, Donald Trump tweeted: "Just out—the POLAR ICE CAPS are at an all time high, the POLAR BEAR population has never been stronger." That claim was disputed by climate specialists, and indeed the ...