A photographer's iconic shots of polar bears in abandoned buildings on a Russian island shines a spotlight on wider changes ...

The meltdown extends beyond the Arctic. Antarctica recently flirted with a record low in its own annual sea ice minimum – ...

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This summer will see record low Arctic ice and Russia has stolen a march on militarizing the strategic region.

For a variety of reasons bears are waking up mid-hibernation in Alaska. Is this a temporary phenomenon or a portent of ...

Polar bears are uniquely adapted to survive in one of the harshest environments on Earth. These majestic animals are ...

It then states estimates in 2005 were 20,000 to 25,000 and then grew to between 22,000 and 31,000 in 2015. However, the claim that polar bear numbers have increased since the 1950s rests on thin ice, ...

The winter growth period for sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is now over, with levels at a record low. The winter ice extent on ...

Pregnant polar bear females usually enter the den in late autumn and remain there throughout the winter. They don't eat ...

Meteorologist Sven Sundgaard explains how Arctic sea ice has a direct impact on Minnesota's climate. Typically, sometime in ...

Having abandoned the island in 1992, the human population of this extremely remote island was soon replaced by a pack of ...

There has, however, been a more worrying trend across the Arctic, he says: as the sea ice melts, polar bears are increasingly approaching or wandering into inhabited towns or villages, to feed on ...