The photographer of a stunning image of a polar bear drifting off to sleep on a bed of ice won the Natural History Museum's 2023 Wildlife Photographer of the Year award, drawing attention to the ...

You probably already know that the world's polar bear population is threatened due to a warming planet and melting ice. But how is climate change affecting polar bears now? USA TODAY Network spoke ...

One consequence of climate change and a warming planet - polar bears are spending more time on land instead of Arctic ice. This means more interactions with humans. Scientists say attacks are rare ...

Rapidly melting sea ice driven by climate change, a crisis that has transformed the Arctic into a litmus test for our planet’s future.

Ekaterina Anisimova/AFP via Getty Images, FILE A 2020 study published in Nature Climate Change found that polar bears could be extinct by 2100 if Arctic ice continues to melt at projected rates.

He has been studying polar bears for the past 12 years and says melting sea ice makes it harder for bears to hunt seals. “That tends to be the trigger for bears to either stay with the sea ice ...

Global warming continues to trigger the mass melting of Arctic sea ice, causing polar bears to begin gravitating toward land, scientists from Polar Bears International told ABC News. Sometimes ...