Polar bears near Svalbard are gaining fat despite sea ice loss, revealing how some Arctic wildlife is adapting to warming.

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

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 ...

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, a study said Thursday. The Barents ...