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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Warming temperatures appear to be driving genetic mutations in some polar bears to help them survive the shifting climatic ...

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 ...

A subset of polar bears are adapting to warmer climates, according to a new study. How are they doing this, exactly? It's all ...

FILE - This March 25, 2009, file photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey shows a polar bear in the Beaufort Sea region of Alaska. On Dec. 28, 1973, President Richard Nixon signed the Endangered ...