After a summer of fasting on land, the bears need to get back to their frozen home to hunt seals and bulk up. But their migration ritual is changing.

Arctic daily sea ice extent continued to hover near record daily lows in January, with the ice edge well northward of its long-term average position in most areas. In contrast to the cold conditions ...

Ukrainian researchers recorded an interesting picture near the Akademik Vernadsky polar station. Several seals lie down on an ice floe and relax ... Seals relax on ice floes both alone and in groups – ...

"The fact that we've now discovered these ice quakes is a key step towards gaining a better understanding of the deformation of ice streams on small scales ... Center for Polar and Marine ...

An international team of researchers has shown that countless tiny ice quakes take place in one ... Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), the University of Strasbourg, the Niels ...

In Greenland, an international team of researchers led by ETH Zurich has discovered that countless tiny ice quakes take place ... Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), the ...

Polar bear fur contains a natural oil that prevents ice accumulation Study finds washed fur loses its ice-resistant properties, confirming the Discovery could lead to sustainable anti-icing coatings ...

On an August day last year, two black bear cubs scrambled up a tree behind Old Forge Hardware in the town of Webb as a state environmental conservation officer shot their mother dead. One cub climbed ...

We are at a critical time and supporting climate journalism is more important than ever. Science News and our parent organization, the Society for Science, need your help to strengthen ...

Watching bear cubs learn to stand is a heartwarming and in this case, funny, glimpse into their early development. While the maternal and reproductive cycle of brown bears shows us an amazing journey ...

Climate data shows the Arctic is one of the fastest changing ecosystems on the planet, with serious consequences for wildlife, from polar bears ... getting to the ice floe involved a two-week ...

Researchers have generated the first dataset of water flow beneath the entire Antarctic Ice Sheet, which will lead to more accurate projections of sea level rise. The findings are published in the ...