Polar bears will not be able to adapt to ice-free environments and are likely to starve to death, new research has found. As safe habitats for polar bears continue to shrink rapidly due to the ...

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 ...

Climate change is starving polar bears into extinction, according to research published on Monday that predicts the apex carnivores could all but disappear within the span of a human lifetime.

This prolonged fasting drains polar bears’ energy reserves, reducing their ability to reproduce and raise cubs. Without ...

A new study confirms that polar bear decline in Western Hudson Bay is directly linked to shrinking sea ice, which shortens ...

In 2011, a trip-wire designed to alert a group camping near Longyearbyen failed, and a polar bear "reported to be starving and emaciated" killed a 17-year-old British boy and injured four others.

In recognition of the high standard of entries, 25 extra images were selected by the Natural History Museum and put to the public vote. Justin’s whole body pained as he watched this starving polar ...

Climate change is starving polar bears into extinction, according to research published Monday. The research predicts the carnivores could all but disappear within the span of a human lifetime.