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 ...

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 ...

This study was funded by grants from the Natural Environment Research Council (NE/S011188/1) and the European Research Council (SELECTHAPLOID - 101001341) The Arctic Ocean current is at its warmest in ...

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.

Meet our story’s protagonist: a female polar bear. Displaced by shrinking sea ice in the Arctic, she was forced to wander south, deeper into the Canadian Northwest Territories. Here, our lady in white ...

A map of the polar vortex that is bringing frigid temperatures to parts of the U.S. (AccuWeather) The first of three rounds of cold Arctic air from a shifting polar vortex has sent temperatures ...

The polar vortex is so back, and in some parts of the country, the weather system will bring with it up to a foot of snow. If “polar vortex” is giving you déjà vu, that’s because we’ve heard it before ...

A shifting polar vortex is expected to bring three waves of Arctic air to the central and eastern U.S. Tennessee is forecast to experience winter weather, including a mix of snow and ice, in early ...

It seems like you cannot mention cold weather in the fall and winter without coming across the phrase “polar vortex.” Meteorologists often refer to this weather element as a potential culprit behind ...

(NEXSTAR) – A good chunk of the country could be in for cooler-than-average temperatures this Thanksgiving and beyond. The most recent outlooks from the National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction ...

In yet another sign that winter weather is either here or will be soon, the dreaded polar vortex is making news yet again. Its potential arrival in the United States over the next few weeks is cause ...