Population assessments have revealed that polar bears in Greenland are suffering from crippling wounds on their paws due to wet snow that gets stuck to the pads and freezes into blocks.

The results confirmed the researchers' fears. Scientists make alarming discovery after studying polar bear blood samples: ...

It is harrowing footage. An emaciated polar bear searches for food on Baffin Island, north-eastern Canada. Exhausted, it drags one leg slowly behind it, eventually trying to eat some discarded ...

Pollution in the Arctic is so bad that chemicals are accumulating in polar bear mother's milk and getting passed onto bear cubs. A new analysis of pollutants in the Arctic has found that polar ...

Sgt. Ian Van Nest rolls slowly through the streets of Churchill, his truck outfitted with a rifle and a barred back seat to ...

It’s a sad statement that I’ve ended up spending far more of my career trying to understand how they’re affected by pollution and monitoring their fate in a rapidly changing Arctic. The research we ...

The greatest threat to polar bears comes from climate change and the resulting loss of habitat, although other threats ...

The Canadian town of Churchill has already had more than four times as many polar bear visitors this year compared with the same time last year, and many more could soon be on the way. The sisters ...

It’s a sad statement that I’ve ended up spending far more of my career trying to understand how they’re affected by pollution and monitoring their fate in a rapidly changing Arctic. The research we ...