“Let them take Svalbard” was the headline on January 13 for the Norwegian tabloid VG. This was actually a distortion of ...

Tensions in the Arctic are putting new pressure on Svalbard, a Norwegian-administered archipelago long seen as an example of international cooperation, as climate change transforms the region and ...

“Svalbard (and the Barents Sea area) has experienced a much faster loss of sea ice than other areas having polar bears,” Aars ...

Remarkably, the number of days with no ice in the region increased by roughly 100 during that period. And yet, as the authors found, the body condition of both male and female polar bears—i.e., how ...

Jon Aars, a senior scientist with the Norwegian Polar Institute who authored the study, spoke with CBS News and the New York ...

The body conditions of polar bear (Ursus maritimus) populations around the Norwegian island of Svalbard have improved despite ...

Polar bears are healthier, with more fat reserves, than they were 25 years ago, despite a decrease in Arctic sea ice around Svalbard islands.

A population of bears in Norway’s Arctic is confounding scientists’ expectations, getting fatter and healthier even as the sea ice melts rapidly.

Longyearbyen is the biggest settlement on the Norway-administered Arctic archipelago of Svalbard. Despite not having a single case of COVID-19 reported so far, Svalbard’s economy has been hit hard by ...

From hygge to healthcare, Scandinavians seem to have put their well-being first, and it hasn't gone unnoticed. Nordic countries are consistently ranked among the world's happiest countries as well as ...