Two-thirds of the world's polar bears could be extinct by 2050 if greenhouse gas-fueled global warming keeps melting their Arctic sea-ice habitat. The Center has led the charge to save polar bears ...

Polar bears are the planet’s biggest land-based carnivores – although they actually spend most of their lives around water and ice (their Latin name means ‘sea bear’). So they’re at particular risk ...

Polar bears in Alaska are encountering new pathogens as warming climates alter the Arctic environment and food chain.

Nunavut, Canada – where thousands of polar bears live – is projected to grow nearly 40 per cent by 2043. Small bees better at coping with global warming, bumblebees struggle, study reveals ...

As the Arctic warms, polar bears face a growing risk of contracting viruses, bacteria and parasites that they were less likely to encounter just 30 years ago, research has revealed. In a study ...