As the Arctic warms and sea ice disappears, polar bears are being pushed into conditions they have never faced before. Their ...

Scientists in a recent breakthrough have discovered a paradigm shift in polar bears’ genetics, helping them to adapt to disastrous realities of climate change. Owing to human-caused ...

Researchers say the findings, the first documented case of rising temperatures driving genetic change in a mammal, offer a "glimmer of hope" for the Arctic species, which is facing possible extinction ...

New research has suggested that polar bears could be rewriting their DNA in order to adapt to warmer climates.

Polar bears rely on sea ice for hunting, and the rapid disappearance of ice as a result of climate change threatens their ...

1:27 Polar bear behaviour previously unknown to researchers captured on body cam collars There are too many polar bears in parts of Nunavut and climate change hasn’t yet affected any of them, says a ...

The polar bear remains an almost mythical creature, with many of us having seen them only on screen or at the zoo. In recent years, there has been confusion over whether polar bear numbers are ...

Researchers say some populations are activating “jumping genes” to survive rising temperatures. It’s both hopeful and ...

Polar bears, in recent years, have become one of the most recognisable symbols of climate change. They might also be undergoing subtle genetic changes as the Arctic Ocean warms due to the worsening ...

It's no secret that polar bears in the Arctic are suffering as a result of changing conditions due to climate change, but a new study has discovered they are hurting in more ways than previously ...

This photo of a polar bear was taken just outside of Seal Islands, Labrador, by Nicholas Morris in 2018. (Submitted by Tristen Russell) Our planet is changing. So is our journalism. This column is ...