{"id":437796,"date":"2026-01-29T23:59:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T23:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/437796\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T23:59:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T23:59:08","slug":"polar-bears-on-norwegian-islands-fatter-and-healthier-despite-ice-loss-scientists-say-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/437796\/","title":{"rendered":"Polar bears on Norwegian islands fatter and healthier despite ice loss, scientists say &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE5DOTBfeHQ0RHdEX2VfTDJRMktIZWpMLUV3bzRyekJLeVptT0Jpa0xBUjFoY09rQzdFRnB5ZnJldHVudU5yMlQ2a2J4NVU4a1dETmdxTUlBMmROZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Polar bears on Norwegian islands fatter and healthier despite ice loss, scientists say<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiX0FVX3lxTFByN1lkWnBVS2dEbHg0Ui1zajd3MjF4d3RqV21vSmg5MUJhWlNnSFVHM1FUYk1RR0puR0h3S1h0VlozZ1BtYUw0dlMwck5QV2FMVzJWS2xyck1IRUxZRkpN?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Body condition among Svalbard Polar bears Ursus maritimus during a period of rapid loss of sea ice<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Nature<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipAFBVV95cUxNY1JBX0F5bVZUM2JfcmR3dzVsZERWWEVqdzEzLVZtLW9hWnRBY3dGY0NjajBycXZocUgwY1VGelV1NXBTeThUWEtQeTZ3MFBFM1lKWGJTYVVnY0w3S01fRXdrUGVscS1ZTl9XcGJiM3VVTWRHeldfYklpdG9QcldaMlRNbU4xWnY1eFFfc1RHNEtyUVpWSVlKTmt6eVFsX19HaERObQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Something very unexpected is happening to Norway\u2019s polar bears<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;vox.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinwFBVV95cUxOVkl4QVN6VHZIVHFWVWo1NkF4TTNWMEQtUDdqZ2hadDhvR0NOaUtrZzlJNDVXYW9VcHJORlZXSEpCeG9zeU5veF83MVpXRThiRkNtVkJlQXJFbDdORTFGUEo5alFNQ0dEckRsZzFKQWxSc01VRGFwcHFsU3FSREoxZGR5MDNjMnpKYnJCZFZ5WE9kV0M3a1FycVp5bTV3X2_SAaQBQVVfeXFMUG9INFhpaThuRE1YUENUNEE2UzJXYUNUbU5zSVg2Q3czbndoMFM1RklUNXJlMUc0RHhIcFJCREJoeHdnM1dWekI2bHZ0eFVKNGRValBsVTh6YlJyY201YkhmMzBZTDRSQi1tY0NCcjE2UmFqcWZkbVlTc2RSUm92d0lwVmhRcENqVHJOUHRhLUZOTEVxbnNVaENsTXQwOE9GUUZVRmY?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Scientists &#8220;quite surprised&#8221; to find one polar bear population thriving: &#8220;A fat bear is a healthy bear&#8221;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CBS News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiigFBVV95cUxPZmpsS2JmVGlGaWZfMEx1Yks5ZnlwODZmd1J1TTFKNElfdGR0eVVBazJHOUp3REpMQ2tQWHVhSFBKNXhoaXBxVTJnR0gwTjE3NFpiMG1VbE1xODEzdnU1d0JENmVickd1UVdoZnltaV83bE05czNtTnM5ZTJLM1pSa09iWHRWXy1XNFE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">No sea ice, no problem for these Barents Sea bears \u2014 for now<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Polar bears on Norwegian islands fatter and healthier despite ice loss, scientists say&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCBody condition among Svalbard Polar bears&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":437797,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[79,201],"class_list":["post-437796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=437796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437796\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/437797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}