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

For most of their evolutionary history, narwhals have relied more on sound than sight to survive in the Arctic’s dark icy ...

Svalbard’s polar bears keep body condition despite rapid ice loss, study finds - Surprising results show how different polar ...

Polar bears near Svalbard are gaining fat despite sea ice loss, revealing how some Arctic wildlife is adapting to warming.

In parts of the Arctic, polar bears are in decline as sea ice, which they depend on to hunt, disappears. That is not the case ...

More than 2,500 plant species have the potential to invade the Arctic at the expense of the species that belong there. Norway is one of the areas that is particularly at risk.

Remains of an ancient Arctic rhino indicate that land mammals traversed the North Atlantic via land bridges, and did so much more recently than previously thought.

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

The body conditions of polar bear (Ursus maritimus) populations around the Norwegian island of Svalbard have improved despite sea ice losses, according to new findings. The findings differ from ...

As human activity grows in the Arctic, underwater noise is spreading through icy waters, disrupting how many animals communicate.

It’s no secret that polar bears in the Arctic are vulnerable to sea ice loss, but a curious finding has emerged from a new ...

The videos provide short but revealing snapshots of daily bear life, including playing or sparring with other bears, gnawing ...