These six award-winning polar images reveal how Arctic wildlife survives at the coldest edge of the living world. Here’s a ...

The hunting party poses with Shane Meisel’s musk ox. The musk ox looks like he might have been chiseled out of the veined rock of this fjord. The only movement is his coat, a tangle of tawny ...

The world’s polar bear population is projected to decline by two-thirds by 2050. A new study from the University of East Anglia suggests that polar bears are undergoing rapid genetic changes, and ...

Industrializing our most pristine wildlife refuge would be an irreversible mistake that Alaska would regret for generations.

New research reveals a link between rising temperatures and changes in polar bear DNA, which may be helping them adapt and survive in increasingly challenging environments. The study by scientists at ...

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. “It’s kind of the first ...

Polar bears living in one of Greenland’s warmest regions are showing unusual genetic activity that scientists say could provide a clue to how these iconic predators respond to vanishing Arctic ice.

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Global competition in the Arctic is raising hopes of a revival in the town of Churchill. We went to meet the people, and the bears, there. By Norimitsu Onishi We were standing before the gate to a ...

Author data visualisation using temperature data from the Danish Meteorological Institute. Locations of bears in south-east (red icons) and north-east (blue icons). New research reveals a link between ...

It’s not too early to start planning for 2026, and registration is officially open to bring in the new year the Brooklyn way — at the Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge. Thousands of people are expected ...

With climate change steadily dismantling the icy habitat essential to their existence, new research suggests polar bears are rapidly rewiring their own genetics in a bid to survive. The species is ...