Polar bears are undergoing rapid genetic changes as Arctic temperatures rise, with "jumping genes" activating to help them ...

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

Researchers say the findings, the first documented case of rising temperatures driving genetic change in a mammal, offer a "glimmer of hope" for the Arctic species, which is facing possible extinction ...

Efforts to lower the levels of CO2 in the atmosphere may come too late to prevent long-term changes to the Arctic ...

Blood samples from warm vs. cold Greenland bears reveal genetic patterns that could predict how polar bears respond to ...

Study is the first to find a statistically significant link between rising temperatures and altered DNA activity in a wild ...

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

A new study suggests that polar bears are undergoing rapid genetic changes, and scientists believe it's due to the impacts of climate change.

As a professor and climate scientist at the University of Maine and, until recently, the director of the school’s highly ...

As part of the EU project ECOTIP, an international team of researchers, including the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, has analyzed ...

A large volcanic eruption or cluster of eruptions in the mid-1340s triggered severe climate anomalies that drove harvest ...

Ten years ago, world leaders in Paris committed to limiting global warming to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels, ...