It’s not the white fluffy look-alike our kids snuggle or the cartoon image drinking Coca-Cola or “fat loungers who draw crowds at zoos” or animated replicas who speak to our children with the press of ...

because the sea ice is disappearing due to climate change," he said. Polar bear and cubs. BJ Kirschhoffer/Polar Bears International The entire food chain in the region relies on the sea ice as ...

Editor's Note: National Geographic went too far in drawing a definitive connection between climate change and a particular starving polar bear in the opening caption of our December 2017 video ...

So far, the Center's work has helped polar bears keep their protected status even after legal appeals to the bear's listing on several fronts, and we're still working to save these majestic animals ...

Researchers from the University of Toronto have established a direct link between the population decline in polar bears living in Western Hudson Bay and shrinking sea ice caused by climate change. The ...

Polar bears also use the ice as a platform to catch the seals, Archer said. Without the ice, they are forced to hunt in open water, which is a difficult feat for the large apex predator. "If a bear ...