There is a link between global warming and polar bears after all. And it's not a good one. According to a new study released Thursday, for the first time, scientists can measure the impact that ...

Polar bears don’t have to worry about skipping a wash day. The sebum, or natural oil, on the mammals’ fur helps them survive the harsh Arctic weather by making it hard for ice to stick to them ...

Polar bears, unable to thrive on land in Canada's Hudson Bay, are facing greater risk of starvation as Arctic ice melts and they endure longer ice-free seasons, researchers said. In a study ...

A new scientific study offers the first-ever estimates of how many polar bear cubs die because of greenhouse gas emissions—something experts hope will allow the federal government to use the ...

Polar bears hold the key to staying warm in icy temperatures, study finds. Photo by Hans-Jurgen Mager on Unsplash It’s cold out. And our century-old way of staying warm — down jackets — may ...

There are 19 subpopulations of polar bears, with fewer than 26,000 of the animals left. While they’re currently found in Canada, Greenland, the U.S., Russia, and Norway, the study’s authors ...

Polar bears hold the key to staying warm in icy temperatures, study finds. Photo by Hans-Jurgen Mager on Unsplash It’s cold out. And our century-old way of staying warm — down jackets — may ...

A segment of the polar bear population is at risk of extinction should ice-free periods continue to get longer, researchers have determined using analysis of the sea ice as well as the health of ...

A polar bear stands on an ice floe near the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard in June 2008. (AP Photo/Romas Dabrukas, File) (AFP) — Polar bears are disappearing fast from the Western part of Hudson ...

A polar bear near Kaktovik, Alaska. New research reveals how polar bears keep ice off their fur. Alan Wilson via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 3.0 Polar bears don’t have to worry about ...

Polar bears hold the key to staying warm in icy temperatures, study finds. Photo by Hans-Jurgen Mager on Unsplash It’s cold out. And our century-old way of staying warm — down jackets — may ...