Now, though, rising temperatures and hotter summers mean less sea ice, and that means polar bears in the Hudson Bay area ...

Scientists have quantified how much climate change has driven the population decline of polar bears living in Canada's Hudson ...

Now, researchers have discovered the bears have another unexpected Arctic adaptation: greasy fur. It’s a trait that, ...

Two-thirds of the world's polar bears could be extinct by 2050 if greenhouse gas-fueled global warming keeps melting their Arctic sea-ice habitat. The Center has led the charge to save polar bears ...

Listed as a "vulnerable" species that is threatened with extinction, polar bears are set to become one of the most notable casualties of global warming unless drastic action is taken. Polar bears are ...

“That suggests that polar bears are unlikely to go extinct in the next 80 years or so. If we can develop a strategy to deal with greenhouse gas emissions, polar bears could recover.” With any ...

Polar bears are the world's largest land carnivore ... In 1973, hunting the animals was banned and the population was saved from extinction. But temperatures in Svalbard are rising more rapidly ...

Polar bears need all the help they can get to survive their frosty Arctic environment. One of their biggest survival secrets appears to be greasy hair. The sebum–or hair grease–on their fur ...

Researchers have directly linked population decline in polar bears living in Western Hudson Bay to shrinking sea ice caused by climate change.