With climate change steadily dismantling the icy habitat essential to their existence, new research suggests polar bears are ...

Polar bears are expected to become extinct but there are some signs their DNA is changing and they are adapting to new ...

The researchers analysed blood samples taken from polar bears in two regions of Greenland and compared “jumping genes”: small ...

Polar bears face “total extinction” by the end of this century, but scientists have found a small beacon of “hope”. View on ...

Scientists in a recent breakthrough have discovered a paradigm shift in polar bears’ genetics, helping them to adapt to disastrous realities of climate change. Owing to human-caused ...

Polar bears are dying at a rapid rate due to the increasing use of fossil fuels in our environment. A study done by the IUCN/SSC Polar Bear Specialist Group states ...

New research reveals a link between rising temperatures and changes in polar bear DNA, which may be helping them adapt and ...

New research has suggested that polar bears could be rewriting their DNA in order to adapt to warmer climates.

Stress from rapidly warming climate is visible in polar bears’ DNA, study shows - Study is the first to find a statistically ...

A segment of the polar bear population is at risk of extinction should ice-free periods continue to get longer, researchers have determined using analysis of the sea ice as well as the health of the ...