The world’s polar bear population is projected to decline by two-thirds by 2050. A new study from the University of East Anglia suggests that polar bears are undergoing rapid genetic changes, and ...

Warming temperatures appear to be driving genetic mutations in some polar bears to help them survive the shifting climatic conditions. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

This study was funded by grants from the Natural Environment Research Council (NE/S011188/1) and the European Research Council (SELECTHAPLOID - 101001341) The Arctic Ocean current is at its warmest in ...

With climate change steadily dismantling the icy habitat essential to their existence, new research suggests polar bears are rapidly rewiring their own genetics in a bid to survive. The species is ...

Do you believe in Santa? If not, you might find yourself on a train heading toward the North Pole in order to help you believe, or this might just sound like the plot of "The Polar Express" to you.

Millions have seen the heart-wrenching video of a polar bear clinging to life, its white hair limply covering its thin, bony frame. Shot by Paul Nicklen and Cristina Mittermeier of the nonprofit group ...

Meet our story’s protagonist: a female polar bear. Displaced by shrinking sea ice in the Arctic, she was forced to wander south, deeper into the Canadian Northwest Territories. Here, our lady in white ...

Ready for some serious cold? The planet's most extreme cold air will be barreling into the central and eastern United States this coming weekend "like a wrecking ball," said Weather Trader ...

WASHINGTON – Heavy rainfall is expected to drench the Pacific Northwest this week, bringing chances of river flooding and landslides to the area, as parts of the Midwest and eastern United States ...

When scientists in Canada came across a female polar bear with two cubs in the fall, they made an unusual discovery: One of the young was not her own offspring but instead a rare documented example of ...

Forecasters say the first snow storm of the season to take aim at major Northeast cities will dump several inches of snow over the weekend, followed by a bitter Arctic blast courtesy of the polar ...

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