There has, however, been a more worrying trend across the Arctic, he says: as the sea ice melts, polar bears are increasingly approaching or wandering into inhabited towns or villages, to feed on ...

The meltdown extends beyond the Arctic. Antarctica recently flirted with a record low in its own annual sea ice minimum – ...

The study, conducted by Canadian and Norwegian scientists, highlights that in the last decade, polar bears have on average ... most denning in the European Arctic now probably takes place in ...

Polar bears and panda bears are some of the rarest types of bears. Polar bears are found only in icy parts of the Arctic, and pandas live only in wet and cool bamboo forests in China. Many bears ...

In the Arctic, polar bears are equally at home swimming in the frigid waters or galloping across fields of ice and snow. When they emerge from the water, their fur temperature drops to nearly that of ...

Scientists have captured rare footage of female polar bears and their newborn cubs emerging from maternal dens in the Arctic. Using remote cameras and satellite collars, researchers were able to ...

A sudden stratospheric warming event reversed the winds that make up the northern polar vortex on March 9. A new animation shows the vortex also moved away from the Arctic towards Europe.