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Warming temperatures appear to be driving genetic mutations in some polar bears to help them survive the shifting climatic conditions. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

The world’s polar bear population is projected to decline by two-thirds by 2050. A new study from the University of East Anglia suggests that polar bears are undergoing rapid genetic changes, and ...

Polar bears face “total extinction” by the end of this century, but scientists have found a small beacon of “hope”. Polar bears are rapidly undergoing “fundamental genetic changes” in a desperate ...

NORWICH, England, UK, December 12, 2025 (ENS) – As the planet heats up, a population of polar bears living in southeastern Greenland appear to be adjusting to their warmer environment, new research by ...

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With climate change steadily dismantling the icy habitat essential to their existence, new research suggests polar bears are rapidly rewiring their own genetics in a bid to survive. The species is ...

This study was funded by grants from the Natural Environment Research Council (NE/S011188/1) and the European Research Council (SELECTHAPLOID - 101001341) The Arctic Ocean current is at its warmest in ...

Scientists say bears in southern Greenland differ genetically to those in the north, suggesting they could adjust Changes in polar bear DNA that could help the animals adapt to warmer climates have ...

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