“Svalbard (and the Barents Sea area) has experienced a much faster loss of sea ice than other areas having polar bears,” Aars ...

The bears began feeding on alternative food sources, researchers found.

After decades monitoring polar bears in Norway's far north, researchers say the animals have proven incredibly adaptable, but ...

In parts of the Arctic, polar bears are in decline as sea ice, which they depend on to hunt, disappears. That is not the case ...

Scientists think that Svalbard bears have adapted to recent ice loss by eating more land-based prey.

The body conditions of polar bear (Ursus maritimus) populations around the Norwegian island of Svalbard have improved despite ...

These polar bears appear to be maintaining their physical health despite the loss of sea ice—their preferred hunting grounds ...

Polar bears are actually getting healthier despite shrinking sea ice, scientists have discovered in an unexpected finding.

Svalbard’s polar bears keep body condition despite rapid ice loss, study finds - Surprising results show how different polar ...

Shrinking sea ice has made life harder for polar bears in many parts of the Arctic, but the population in Svalbard seems to ...