Polar bear numbers in parts of Alaska and Canada have declined by almost half, as thinning sea ice makes it increasingly difficult for them to hunt down seals, which are a key part of their diet.

Polar bears look set to see their numbers dwindle by nearly third by mid-century, a top conservation body said Thursday, warning climate change poses the greatest threat to the king of the Arctic. The ...

There is a 70% chance that the global polar bear population -- estimated at 26,000 -- will decline by more than 30% over the next 35 years, a period corresponding to three generations, the study found ...

A new study has found that polar bear numbers in Greenland have been declining over the past 20,000 years due to rising sea temperatures. The research, which analysed genetic material, food choices, ...

15:51, Mon, Feb 27, 2017 Updated: 16:14, Mon, Feb 27, 2017 Conservationists are warning numbers could crash by a third over the next few decades as the sea ice they haunt to find food vanishes. Yet ...

Rising temperatures that melt sea ice in the Arctic will probably reduce the polar bear population by a third over the next few decades, and the same warming trend is likely to worsen the decline of ...

Polar bear numbers could drop by more than 30 per cent by mid-century, according to a new study assessing how loss of sea ice owing to climate change will affect polar bears on a global scale. The U.S ...

Polar bear populations are likely to fall by more than 30 percent by around mid-century as global warming thaws Arctic sea ice, experts said on Thursday in the most detailed review of the predators to ...

GENEVA — Polar bears look set to see their numbers dwindle by nearly third by mid-century, a top conservation body said today (Nov 19), warning climate change poses the greatest threat to the king of ...

PARIS (AFP) - Polar bear numbers could drop a third by mid-century, according to the first systematic assessment, released Wednesday (Dec 7), of how dwindling Arctic sea ice affects the world's ...