In the face of sea ice loss, some of the bears on the Norwegian archipelago are gaining weight. By Laura Baisas Published Jan 29, 2026 11:00 AM EST Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ...

Severe temperatures are expected to dominate most of the country in the coming days, with single-digit temperatures forecast for parts of the Northeast. Overall, temperatures will begin to warm in the ...

Polar bears are the poster children of climate change—and for good reason. These giant bears hunt, mate and spend their days hanging out on Arctic sea ice, which is rapidly disappearing as the climate ...

The finding offers a small window of hope for a polar bear population vulnerable to the effects of climate change. A polar bear (Ursus maritimus) walks on pack ice in Svalbard, Norway. The effects ...

To understand what Americans are experiencing with this winter blast, we need to look more than 20 miles above the surface of Earth, to the stratospheric polar vortex. When you purchase through links ...

With climate change steadily dismantling the icy habitat essential to their existence, new research suggests polar bears are rapidly rewiring their own genetics in a bid to survive. The species is ...

Do you believe in Santa? If not, you might find yourself on a train heading toward the North Pole in order to help you believe, or this might just sound like the plot of "The Polar Express" to you.

New research reveals a link between rising temperatures and changes in polar bear DNA, which may be helping them adapt and survive in increasingly challenging environments. The study by scientists at ...

Meet our story’s protagonist: a female polar bear. Displaced by shrinking sea ice in the Arctic, she was forced to wander south, deeper into the Canadian Northwest Territories. Here, our lady in white ...

In yet another sign that winter weather is either here or will be soon, the dreaded polar vortex is making news yet again. Its potential arrival in the United States over the next few weeks is cause ...

The U.S. is in the grips of a botulism outbreak tied to a premium infant formula brand. Dozens of babies have been affected as of November 19. All the reported cases of the paralyzing bacterial ...