As the Arctic warms and sea ice disappears, polar bears are being pushed into conditions they have never faced before. Their ...

Polar bears are running out of ice and out of time, yet inside their cells something remarkable is happening. As the Arctic ...

A new study from the University of East Anglia suggests that polar bears are undergoing rapid genetic changes, and scientists believe it's due to the impacts of climate change.

Scientists in a recent breakthrough have discovered a paradigm shift in polar bears’ genetics, helping them to adapt to disastrous realities of climate change. Owing to human-caused ...

New research has suggested that polar bears could be rewriting their DNA in order to adapt to warmer climates.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell said he has the best interest of polar bears at heart, but he doesn't intend to let the federal government's expanded protection for bears get in the way ...

Just 13 years after gray wolves were re-introduced into the lower 48 states, they're going off the Endangered Species List. At the same time, polar bears may go on the list—because of dangers that lie ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ST. LOUIS – The St. Louis Zoo has launched a ...

The ice packs where polar bears live and hunt during winter are shrinking, and the bears can’t find food on the land. The US Fish and Wildlife Service says they should be put on the Endangered Species ...

A polar bear stood outside the Department of the Interior’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., Thursday with a message: “Stop ...