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Arctic specialists hunting on sea ice—sentinels of a warming world.
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Why can't polar bears live in Antarctica?
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (176+ words) Quite often, in a case of ‘polar confusion’, people envision polar bears rubbing shoulders with penguins in some unspecified icy waste. And with sea-ice cover in the Arctic Ocean at record lows, some wits might suggest transplanting starving bears to…...
$27,000 for feeding bears and coyotes: Fair fine or too steep?
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (114+ words) Montana Outdoor $27,000 for feeding bears and coyotes: Fair fine or too steep? A man in British Columbia was hit with a $27,000 penalty for intentionally feeding bears and coyotes near a popular walking trail and homes. Conservation officers say he placed…...
Cochrane polar bears taking centre stage at Toronto film festival
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (635+ words) COCHRANE — Diego Rojas Garcia had spent years learning the ins and outs of filmmaking, but nothing quite prepared him for the moment a massive polar bear suddenly appeared in front of him. Garcia was in Cochrane in January with his…...
The Polar Bear Once Kept at the Tower of London
6+ day, 20+ hour ago (83+ words) mentalfloss.com Of all royal pets, however, perhaps the most extraordinary belonged to the medieval English king Henry III—who is known to have kept a live polar bear at the Tower of London. This remarkable gesture—a nod to…...
Researchers revived this animal after several years trapped inside ice
1+ week, 7+ hour ago (347+ words) In the icy vastness of Siberia’s boreal forests, a place both remote and forbidding, few living creatures risk exposure to the relentless cold. Yet beneath fallen logs and deep in hidden refuges, a small amphibian persists against almost impossible odds....
Camera Captures Rare Glimpse of Polar Bears at Play
1+ week, 1+ day ago (210+ words) Two polar bears show off their playful side as they engage in a series of energetic encounters in a snowy landscape. The footage captures the majestic animals standing on their hind legs and batting at each other with their enormous…...
This Arctic predator rivals the polar bear, and it lives on the seafloor
1+ week, 1+ day ago (523+ words) In the icy waters of the Arctic, where most eyes are drawn to the imposing polar bear, scientists have uncovered a different kind of top hunter lurking below the surface. Out of sight but impossible to ignore, certain starfish have…...
The $5,360 Mistake You Should Never Make Around a Polar Bear
1+ week, 5+ day ago (399+ words) A visitor in Svalbard was fined $5,360 for intentionally waking a sleeping polar bear with a ship’s horn, violating strict wildlife protection laws. The governor of the Norwegian island of Svalbard has fined a visitor for using a ship’s horn to…...
How Hibernating Squirrels Retain Sense of Touch in the Cold
1+ week, 5+ day ago (574+ words) If you forget your gloves on a chilly winter’s day, your fingers soon become numb and stiff. For most mammals, cold suppresses neural activity and diminishes the sense of touch. But the thirteen-lined ground squirrel can detect touch in conditions…...
Garbage and Polar Bears: A Better Solution?
1+ week, 5+ day ago (427+ words) Turning a polar bear attractant into a resource — Arctic communities in Greenland are part of a national network that converts waste into heat and electricity. We joined leaders from Churchill and the Nunavut Department of Environment to see how remote…...