Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Polar vortex has covered the Philadelphia region under a canopy of frigid temperatures, but many people may not realize what a ...

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 ...

Polar Journal AG has launched a new digital platform aimed at exploring and studying polar sciences. This platform offers a space for researchers, enthusiasts, and curious individuals who are ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

A Polar vortex has covered the Philadelphia region under a canopy of frigid temperatures, but many people may not realize what a Polar vortex actually is, and the dangers — like frostbite — such ...