BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A rare, ancient polar bear fossil discovered in Norway in 2004 is yielding a treasure trove of essential information about the age and evolutionary origins of the species whose future ...

The global climate is changing and the Arctic is warming rapidly. These are objectively true statements that most people have come to accept. But it is also true that Earth’s climate has never been ...

People have become accustomed to watching documentaries about polar bears, but thousands of years ago, humans started coming in contact with them for the first time. A new study published in Nature ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. a polar bear cub comes out of a den with its paw up “We found some variants that may have been selected in the last ~70,000 years ...

Polar bear DNA from a partially fossilized jawbone found in Norway shows that the species is relatively young and adapted quickly to the arctic environment. Researchers in the U.S., Norway and Iceland ...

Polar bears may not be the vicious killers you imagine, but it’s still wise not to get too close. Now you don’t have to, as a team of biologists has captured rare footage of cubs taking their first ...