A population of bears in Norway’s Arctic is confounding scientists’ expectations, getting fatter and healthier even as the ...

Polar bears are the poster children of climate change—and for good reason. Researchers took more than 1,000 body measurements ...

“Svalbard (and the Barents Sea area) has experienced a much faster loss of sea ice than other areas having polar bears,” Aars ...

Scientists think that Svalbard bears have adapted to recent ice loss by eating more land-based prey.

Why polar bears are doing well in Svalbard, problematic seaweed is visible from space, why the common cold hits some people ...

Learn how polar bears in the Arctic’s Barents Sea are maintaining healthy fat reserves despite sea ice loss in a warming ...

Polar bears of the Svalbard archipelago have surprised scientists by growing fatter, despite shrinking sea ice, with one ...

The bears have not lost weight over the past 20 years in the Norwegian archipelago, despite the region's accelerating warming. Among the reasons: They hunt prey other than seals, such as reindeer and ...

Adult polar bears around Norway's Svalbard archipelago have become fatter on average over the past two decades even as Arctic sea ice has shrunk, according to a new study.

Polar bears in Svalbard, Norway, have stayed in good physical condition despite rapid loss of their sea ice habitat due to climate change, a study has found. Scientists behind the study said they ...

Norway’s defense minister said the strategic importance of the energy-rich nation’s polar archipelago is rising due to ...