A population of bears in Norway’s Arctic is confounding scientists’ expectations, getting fatter and healthier even as the sea ice melts rapidly.

The bears have not lost weight over the past 20 years in the Norwegian archipelago, despite the region's accelerating warming. Among the reasons: They hunt prey other than seals, such as reindeer and ...

Polar bears are the poster children of climate change—and for good reason. Researchers took more than 1,000 body measurements ...

Learn how polar bears in the Arctic’s Barents Sea are maintaining healthy fat reserves despite sea ice loss in a warming ...

Sea turtles can survive being struck by a boat propeller — but as they heal from the trauma, their shells often change shape, bulging from air building up within their bodies. That throws the animals' ...

Polar bears of the Svalbard archipelago have surprised scientists by growing fatter, despite shrinking sea ice, with one ...

After a rash of stranded turtles on Massachusetts shores in the last week, the New England Aquarium is now treating over 200 cold-stunned sea turtles in critical condition. “With winds increasing and ...

Sea turtles can survive being struck by a boat propeller — but as they heal from the trauma, their shells often change shape, bulging from air building up within their bodies. That throws the animals' ...