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

The finding offers a small window of hope for a polar bear population vulnerable to the effects of climate change.

Polar bears are now adding new foods to their diet, including reindeer, walruses and bird eggs ...

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

Polar bears need ice for their long term survival as less or shrinking ice forces these creatures to travel long distances in ...

Seals favored by Svalbard bears are becoming easier to hunt as ice declines, a study found. But researchers say the situation may be temporary.

Adult polar bears around Norway's Svalbard archipelago have become fatter on average over the past two decades even as Arctic sea ice has shrunk, according to a new study.

Shrinking sea ice has made life harder for polar bears in many parts of the Arctic, but the population in Svalbard seems to be thriving ...

Polar Bears are getting significantly fatter despite a shrinking of sea ice, new research has found. The discovery has ...