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 ...

Researchers out of Alaska say some polar bears in the Arctic now face a greater risk of contracting several pathogens that weren’t a threat to the animals decades ago. The study, published in ...

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 ...

Three adult polar bears travel across sea ice in eastern Greenland. Environments in the Far North that would have stayed well below freezing now ...

Polar bears are at greater risk from disease due to global warming, warns new research. The threatened species are being increasingly exposed to germs and viruses as the Arctic warms, say scientists.

Researchers out of Alaska say some polar bears in the Arctic now face a greater risk of contracting several pathogens that weren’t a threat to the animals decades ago. The study, published in the peer ...

A polar bear at the Zoo Sauvage de St-Felicien in Saint-Felicien, Que., Monday, Oct. 1, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot Researchers out of Alaska say some polar bears in the Arctic now ...

Living off one of the richest oceans in the Arctic, the polar bears by the Chukchi Sea appear to be thriving. Females are in good health and give birth to healthy cubs. Overall, this Alaskan ...