Population assessments have revealed that polar bears in Greenland are suffering from crippling wounds on their paws due to wet snow that gets stuck to the pads and freezes into blocks. When you ...

Polar bears face mounting challenges in a changing, warming world, mostly related to their waning wintery wonderland habitats. But they may be increasingly infected with germs and parasites ...

In the new study, researchers examined blood samples from polar bears in the Chukchi Sea in 1987–1994 and then three decades later, 2008-2017, looking for antibodies to six pathogens.

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The researchers say they’re unsure how the injuries will affect polar bear populations, but they speculate the injuries could reduce the ...

Hungry polar bears are turning to rubbish dumps to fill their stomachs as their icy habitat disappears. On Wednesday, a team of Canadian and US scientists warned that trash poses an emerging ...

As the Arctic warms, polar bears face a growing risk of contracting viruses, bacteria and parasites that they were less likely to encounter just 30 years ago, research has revealed. In a study ...

Polar bears are getting horrific injuries on their feet – and it's all due to climate change, a new study warns. Scientists who studied the mammals in the Arctic over 10 years found ...

Polar bears face a growing risk of contracting viruses, bacteria and parasites that they were less likely to encounter just 30 years ago as a result of climate change, research has revealed.

Polar bears are marine mammals ... with white patches on their wings — but they depend on sea ice, feeding on fish that live at the ice edge. They rarely nest in Arctic Alaska, where the ...