(CNN) — As the sea ice melts due to climate change, the trend of polar bears getting thinner and having fewer cubs has been well documented in areas such as Baffin Bay, a stretch of ocean between ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A polar bear (Ursus maritimus) walks on pack ice in Svalbard, Norway. Andy Rouse, Nature Picture Library Polar bears are often the ...

Researchers found that the more time bears were off the ice, the more likely they were to approach human sites.

Polar bears are in better physical health than 25 years ago - despite sea ice losses, reveals new research. The well-being of the iconic white mammals living around the Norwegian island of Svalbard ...

Polar bears in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas are spending dramatically more time on land than at any point in the modern tracking record, with up to 50% of some populations now summering onshore ...

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