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”. View on ...

As polar sea ice continues to shrink, small-scale churning and mixing in the Arctic Ocean are becoming stronger.

Assessing where the world stands with climate change a decade after the Paris Agreement is difficult. But in attempting to do ...

For Tennessee, La Niña typically means warm, dry air for the Volunteer state, which pans out to a mild winter season. The ...

With climate change dismantling polar bears' icy habitat, research suggests they are rapidly rewiring their own genetics in a ...

New research has suggested that polar bears could be rewriting their DNA in order to adapt to warmer climates. Researchers from University of East Anglia discovered some genes related to heat-stress, ...

The climate is changing and nowhere is it changing faster than at Earth's poles. Researchers at Penn State have painted a ...

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

A strategic advantage in Antarctica could give China a critical advantage in space—as well as the opportunity to exploit the continent’s vast untapped natural resources.

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 ...