Warming temperatures may be changing the ways ice forms, making it more likely to stick to and injure polar bears in two far ...

Polar bears are the planet’s biggest land-based carnivores – although they actually spend most of their lives around water and ice (their Latin name means ‘sea bear’). So they’re at particular risk ...

Polar bears survive by hunting on sea ice, which makes them especially vulnerable to climate change. New research shows that sea ice loss can present other, less obvious threats to the species as ...

Polar bears are developing horrific wounds on their paws due to changing ice conditions in the Arctic, a new study reports.

Some polar bears face starvation as the Arctic sea ice melts because they are unable to adapt their diets to living on land, scientists have found. The iconic Arctic species normally feed on ...

Just outside the WWF International Arctic Programme's Arctic Tent at COP 15, visitors were able to see a life-size sculpture of a male hunting polar bear. The statue stood at 1.8 metres high – as high ...

Some polar bears living in the far north are turning up with ice-related injuries that, in some cases, seriously affect their mobility and may be connected to the warming Arctic. Researchers ...