Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A male polar bear walks on the sea ice near glaciers in eastern Spitzbergen, in the Svalbard archipelago, on April 9, 2025.

Polar bears are in better physical health than 25 years ago - despite sea ice losses, reveals new research. The well-being of the iconic white mammals living around the Norwegian island of Svalbard ...

As the sea ice melts due to climate change, the trend of polar bears getting thinner and having fewer cubs has been well documented in areas such as Baffin Bay, a stretch of ocean between Greenland ...

In a warming world, the polar bear has become the unofficial mascot of ecological collapse. We’ve all seen the photos of these majestic predators reduced to skin and bone, clinging to ever-shrinking ...

For nine days, a polar bear mother, formally known as Bear #20741, did not stop swimming. In the vast, open water of the ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The Albuquerque BioPark celebrated International Polar Bear Awareness Day by honoring its own 29-year-old polar bear, Kiska. Caretakers at the zoo say polar bears can live up to 30 ...

A male polar bear walks on the sea ice near glaciers in eastern Spitzbergen, in the Svalbard archipelago, on April 9, 2025. Despite the decline of sea ice over the past several decades due to climate ...