The world’s polar bear population is projected to decline by two-thirds by 2050. A new study from the University of East Anglia suggests that polar bears are undergoing rapid genetic changes, and ...

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 ...

This study was funded by grants from the Natural Environment Research Council (NE/S011188/1) and the European Research Council (SELECTHAPLOID - 101001341) The Arctic Ocean current is at its warmest in ...

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 ...

Frigid temperatures are expected to impact much of the central and eastern United States in the coming weeks. The first of three polar vortex systems is expected this month, according to AccuWeather.

The polar vortex is so back, and in some parts of the country, the weather system will bring with it up to a foot of snow. If “polar vortex” is giving you déjà vu, that’s because we’ve heard it before ...

A map of the polar vortex that is bringing frigid temperatures to parts of the U.S. (AccuWeather) The first of three rounds of cold Arctic air from a shifting polar vortex has sent temperatures ...

Millions have seen the heart-wrenching video of a polar bear clinging to life, its white hair limply covering its thin, bony frame. Shot by Paul Nicklen and Cristina Mittermeier of the nonprofit group ...

A shifting polar vortex is expected to bring three waves of Arctic air to the central and eastern U.S. Tennessee is forecast to experience winter weather, including a mix of snow and ice, in early ...

The forecasts will offer a glimpse of the path for policy at a highly uncertain moment for economy — and the central bank. By Colby Smith Federal Reserve officials are scheduled to release a fresh set ...

With Christmas Day upon us, film fans will no doubt be drawing up their Christmas watchlists, and many are sure to put Robert Zemeckis's film The Polar Express right near the top. The 2004 movie, ...