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 ...

High above the North Pole, there is a region with low pressure and cold air known as the Polar Vortex. Apparently, this region is formed every winter as sunlight continues to fade into the Arctic.

When scientists in Canada came across a female polar bear with two cubs in the fall, they made an unusual discovery: One of the young was not her own offspring but instead a rare documented example of ...

Bear X33991 leading her two cubs along the ice. Dave Sandford / Discover Churchill (Wildlife Photographer, Guide, and Polar Bears International Photo Ambassador) Get the Popular Science daily ...

Researchers in northern Canada have observed a rare case of polar bear adoption, capturing video footage of a wild female bear caring for a cub that was not her own. "Cub adoption is relatively rare ...

Polar bears face “total extinction” by the end of this century, but scientists have found a small beacon of “hope”. Polar bears are rapidly undergoing “fundamental genetic changes” in a desperate ...

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 ...

Scientists say bears in southern Greenland differ genetically to those in the north, suggesting they could adjust Changes in polar bear DNA that could help the animals adapt to warmer climates have ...

Another brutally cold weekend is on the way as a piece of the Polar vortex dips out of the Arctic Circle, sending frigid air across half of the United States while the other half warms up. Texas will ...

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.

A polar vortex is bringing another round of frigid, Arctic air to the Eastern United States. Temperatures across Tennessee are expected to drop into the low 20s and upper teens over the weekend. There ...

A Polar vortex has covered the Philadelphia region under a canopy of frigid temperatures, but many people may not realize what a Polar vortex actually is, and the dangers — like frostbite — such ...