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

AMD is one of the rarest documented genetic disorders. Only around 10 million people in the world carry the altered NPR2 gene, and of those, just 3,500 are estimated to display the physiological ...

Despite the decline of sea ice over the past several decades due to climate change, scientists found that some polar bears ...

Polar bears, a mascot for the impacts of climate change, are threatened by melting sea ice. These iconic Arctic predators ...

Seals favored by Svalbard bears are becoming easier to hunt as ice declines, a study found. But researchers say the situation may be temporary.

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

Scientists expected the opposite, but polar bears in the Norwegian Arctic archipelago of Svalbard have become fatter and ...

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 ...

The finding offers a small window of hope for a polar bear population vulnerable to the effects of climate change.

The U.S. Olympic women’s bobsled and skeleton racers spent this week going through their final preparations in advance of ...

Research suggests there is not clear consensus about preferred terms to describe body size. Terms to describe body size in medical settings are often viewed as offensive to patients. Terms used to ...

An analysis of the AFCON 'foul play' controversy, where Morocco won the fair play award despite unsportsmanlike conduct. Is ...