Cold-climate animals are remarkably adaptable creatures, specialized for survival in some of the harshest temperatures in our ...

Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) are impressively known as the largest of the bear species. However, the walrus is a formidable ...

Polar bears depend on frozen ocean surfaces more than any other land predator. The ice functions as a platform where they ...

Polar bears near the remote archipelago of Svalbard are getting heavier, not thinner, even as the sea ice they depend on continues to shrink. New research points to conservation history as a key ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Happy International Polar Bear Day! For 21 years, conservation ...

Polar bear encounters with humans are a regular concern for scientists and communities near polar bear habitats, but new research is showing the bears' reasons for coming in contact with humans might ...

Life in the Arctic is becoming a constant balancing act. As climate change reshapes the environment, animals must make ...

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 ...

Something alarming is happening at the top of the world. Polar bears, long regarded as the living symbol of a warming planet, ...

This video explores seven of the largest penguin species alive today and how their size shapes their survival It highlights dramatic visual comparisons between towering birds and smaller colony ...

Emperor penguin in its mid-molting phase. Emperor penguins have survived Antarctica's punishing climate for thousands of years thanks to their biological reset: an annual molt that replaces their worn ...