An image of polar bears napping along the Hudson Bay coast in Canada has been shortlisted for the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Nuveen People's Choice Award 2026.

“Svalbard (and the Barents Sea area) has experienced a much faster loss of sea ice than other areas having polar bears,” Aars ...

The haunting polar bear photo is one of 24 finalists for the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Nuveen People’s Choice Award ...

Regular folks who care about wildlife generally know that climate change is bad for polar bears, but they have only vague ...

Scientists expected the opposite, but polar bears in the Norwegian Arctic archipelago of Svalbard have become fatter and ...

A population of bears in Norway’s Arctic is confounding scientists’ expectations, getting fatter and healthier even as the sea ice melts rapidly.

After decades monitoring polar bears in Norway's far north, researchers say the animals have proven incredibly adaptable, but ...

A mother polar bear has made the decision to adopt - a move that scientists say is extremely rare - and the new family was caught on video. Researchers had tagged the five-year-old mother, also known ...

A new romance is unfolding in Como Park Zoo & Conservatory’s polar bear habitat — and zookeepers say it could help shape the future of polar bears in North ...

In the remote, icy expanse of the Arctic, the survival of a species begins with a remarkable act of resilience and devotion. The journey of a polar bear mother, from conception to raising cubs in one ...

Nuka the polar bear has returned to the Toledo Zoo as part of a coordinated breeding effort supported by the Polar Bear Population Alliance.

The 5-week-old cub began to open her eyes Friday. — -- A sleeping polar bear cub at an Ohio zoo was caught apparently dreaming and the zoo got the adorable slumber on video. In the video, the cub ...