Regular on-site monitoring of Chukchi polar bears has also become more precarious as the sea ice there weakens. Such problems were especially bad in 2016 and 2017, ...

Polar bears roaming the ice and swimming the waters of the Chukchi Sea have become increasingly exposed over the past decades to a collection of disease pathogens, according to a newly published ...

Polar bears roaming the ice and swimming the waters of the Chukchi Sea have become increasingly exposed over the past decades to a collection of disease pathogens, according to a newly published ...

Polar Bears Are Exposed to More Parasites, Viruses and Bacteria as the Arctic Heats Up Pathogens are more common in polar bears living in the Chukchi Sea now than they were three decades ago, a ...

In the new study, researchers examined blood samples from polar bears in the Chukchi Sea in 1987-1994 and then three decades later, 2008-2017, looking for antibodies to six pathogens.

Polar bears roaming the ice and swimming the waters of the Chukchi Sea have become increasingly exposed over the past decades to a collection of disease pathogens, according to a ...

The polar bears by the Chukchi Sea, a new study found, face a greater risk of contracting many pathogens than they did three decades ago. In studying blood samples, ...

It's not every day you encounter a polar bear. However, there's one remote, abandoned building in the Arctic that some polar ...

Polar bears face mounting challenges in a changing, warming world, mostly related to their waning wintery wonderland habitats. But they may be increasingly infected with germs and parasites, too ...

As the Arctic warms, polar bears face a growing risk of contracting viruses, bacteria and parasites that they were less likely to encounter just 30 years ago, research has revealed.

As the Arctic warms, polar bears face a growing risk of contracting viruses, bacteria and parasites that they were less likely to encounter just 30 years ago, research has revealed.

K olyuchin Island, a remote and desolate landmass in Russia's Chukchi Sea, has evolved from a site of human habitation to a sanctuary for polar bears. Located approximately 11 kilometres (6.8 ...