New research reveals a link between rising temperatures and changes in polar bear DNA, which may be helping them adapt and ...

Polar bears face one of the toughest survival challenges in their history as the Arctic warms far faster than the rest of the ...

As the world's largest bear, and largest land carnivore, polar bears are impressive mammals and are adapted to living in the ...

Polar Bear Week, which runs from Oct. 27 to Nov. 2 this year, is a time to celebrate and learn how you can help polar bears and people coexist. In 2019, I had the opportunity to visit Churchill, Man., ...

Blood samples from warm vs. cold Greenland bears reveal genetic patterns that could predict how polar bears respond to ...

Polar bears are larger than grizzly bears on average, but the largest brown bears are nearly as big as the largest polar bears. Polar bears’ paws are better suited for swimming and walking on ice, ...

With the Arctic warming rapidly and predictions that over two-thirds of polar bears could be extinct by 2050, a new study has found that polar bears are undergoing genetic changes to adapt to the chan ...

Researchers at Polar Bears International, York University, and 3M are winners of the 2023 Gizmodo Science Fair for developing a burr-like tracking device that sticks to polar bears’ fur. Is there a ...

What do the phrases “reflective coat,” “largest land carnivore in the world” and “endangered species” have in common? They all have to do with polar bears! Their Latin name, Ursus maritimus, means sea ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of omaha.com stories. Cancel anytime. What do the phrases “reflective coat,” “largest land carnivore in the world” and “endangered species” have in common? They all have ...