Scientists have quantified how much climate change has driven the population decline of polar bears living in Canada's Hudson Bay.

A relatively small amount of groundwater trickling through Alaska's tundra is releasing huge quantities of carbon into the ...

Research has found that rising temperatures in the Arctic are weakening weather systems that normally trap the cold around ...

Polar bear fur resists ice because of a natural greasy coating called sebum. This helps them move quietly while hunting.

Russia and China have stepped up military activity in the Arctic, while NATO states in the region are reporting more acts of ...

Polar bears have a built-in defense against ice — greasy fur. A team of scientists has discovered that their fur is coated in ...

Polar bears in Western Hudson Bay have seen their population nearly halved over the last several decades, largely due to dwindling sea ice and limited hunting opportunities, according to the findings ...

One of Moscow's nuclear icebreakers has sustained significant damage after colliding with a cargo ship in the Kara Sea.

A recent winter storms sent temperatures plummeting across the Gulf Coast below freezing, causing potentially deadly ...

An arctic blast that brought a rare snowfall to northern Florida last week left green sea turtles as far south as St.

Now, researchers have discovered the bears have another unexpected Arctic adaptation: greasy fur. It’s a trait that, ...