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Svalbard’s polar bears keep body condition despite rapid ice loss, study finds

Surprising results show how different polar bear populations are responding differently to climate change.

Evening Standard · Jan 29

The Eye-opening Science Of Close Encounters With Polar Bears

It's a pretty risky business trying to take a blood sample from a polar bear -- one of the most dangerous predators on the planet -- on an Arctic ice floe.

International Business Times · Jul 22, 2025

‘I know their names, what they eat’: tracking polar bears on Svalbard’s shifting icescapes

For more than 20 years, scientists have followed the animals in Norway’s Arctic archipelago to understand how they may adapt to changing threats as the ice they depend on melts

The Guardian - UK · Feb 25, 2025