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Polar bears have come to symbolize the cost of a warming Arctic. As sea ice retreats, the platform they rely on to hunt prey disappears, and bears are expected to burn through fat reserves and grow thinner. But in Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago in the Barents Sea, that pattern has not held. A new study

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A polar bear that killed a young mother and her baby last month in western Alaska was likely an older animal in poor physical condition, but tests came back negative for pathogens that affect the brain and cause aggressive behaviour, officials said Monday...