Resting on a solitary slab of ice floating in the Arctic Ocean, a majestic creature sparkles in the polar summer sunshine.

A polar bear walks over sea ice floating in the Victoria Strait in Canada’s Arctic Archipelago. (David Goldman/The Canadian Press) As climate change threatens the survival of several polar bear ...

We have resurfaced it for Polar Bear Week, which runs during the first week of November. On the bay this fall morning, there’s a wind-carved rim of ice and a gathering of floes.

The polar bear lifestyle involves packing on weight when hunting is possible on the sea ice, says Derocher, a case of 'survival of the fattest' so the bear doesn't starve when there's not much ...

A polar bear walks over sea ice floating in the Victoria Strait in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. An analysis of dozens of blogs that question the threat climate change poses to polar bears has ...

In the remote, icy expanse of the Arctic, the survival of a species begins with a remarkable act of resilience and devotion.

A genetically distinct polar bear population that hunts off freshwater ice has been identified in Greenland, researchers outline in a paper published June 16 in the journal Science. The population ...

By mid-century, polar bears may not be able to survive as far south as Churchill, he said, a future also forecast in a 2012 review he co-authored with legendary polar bear researcher Ian Stirling.