Young polar bears are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Monitoring data reveals that adult female ...

While science has established that there is a strong connection between melting sea ice and polar bears dying off, there is no way to know for certain why this bear was on the verge of death.

Polar bears, belugas, walruses, and other ice-obligate species rely on the LIA for survival, highlighting its irreplaceable role in Arctic ecology. Earlier models suggested decades of stability ...