Polar Bears are getting significantly fatter despite a shrinking of sea ice, new research has found. The discovery has ...
The bears have not lost weight over the past 20 years in the Norwegian archipelago, despite the region's accelerating warming. Among the reasons: They hunt prey other than seals, such as reindeer and ...
One of the most attractive critters at the zoo splashes through frigid waters: polar bears, the beauties of the Arctic Circle ...
Polar bears that live along the Barents Sea near Svalbard -- the archipelago between Norway and the North Pole -- appear to be thriving, despite the region experiencing some of the most drastic sea ...
Antarctic icefish have clear blood, no hemoglobin, and antifreeze proteins that let them survive freezing seas.
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Jon Aars, a senior scientist with the Norwegian Polar Institute who authored the study, spoke with CBS News and the New York Times and shared just how surprised researchers were after finding that ...
But north of Norway, the Barents Sea bears are doing alright — for now. Decades of melting sea ice and increasingly ice-free days in the region have not had the expected health impacts on this ...
Scientists expected the opposite, but polar bears in the Norwegian Arctic archipelago of Svalbard have become fatter and ...
Jupiter and Saturn host strikingly different polar storms, despite being similar giant planets, and scientists have long wondered why. New simulations suggest the answer may lie deep below the clouds.