Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A polar bear with its cub in Svalbard, Norway. Jon Aars / Norwegian Polar Institute In parts of the Arctic, polar bears are in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Three polar bear cubs gather around their tranquilized mother. She had a litter of three cubs (an unusual brood size) and the ...

Scientists expected the opposite, but polar bears in the Norwegian Arctic archipelago of Svalbard have become fatter and healthier since the early 1990s, all while sea ice has steadily declined due to ...

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 ...

Sat, February 7, 2026 at 3:30 PM UTC Polar bears rely on sea ice as a platform for hunting seals, which provide the fat and energy they need to survive. When ice covers the ocean, bears wait near seal ...

It’s no secret that polar bears in the Arctic are vulnerable to sea ice loss, but a curious finding has emerged from a new long-term study of bears in Svalbard. It found that adult polar bears have ...

Scientists have reported some rare good news from the Arctic. As the climate changes and the ice melts, in one region at least, polar bears are thriving — finding new ways to survive, and even packing ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Polar bears became the poster child for the peril of climate change for obvious ...

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 ...

In the face of sea ice loss, some of the bears on the Norwegian archipelago are gaining weight. By Laura Baisas Published Jan 29, 2026 11:00 AM EST Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ...