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When it comes to Arctic apex predators, the polar bear is the first animal that typically comes to mind. It’s a top predator, ...
Greenland residents spoke to The Washington Post about President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed acquisition. ... you have to lean in. This doesn’t mean they are passive. They eat polar bears.
The global polar bear population is estimated to be 26,000, with the species primarily remaining in the artic areas of Russia, Norway, Greenland, Canada and the United States.
Three adult polar bears travel across sea ice in eastern Greenland. Environments in the Far North that would have stayed well below freezing now experience freeze-thaw cycles and wet snow due to a ...
At the base, Vance cracked jokes about the cold and troops undertaking a "polar bear plunge," a dunk in Greenland's icy waters. "As you've heard, we may have some interest in Greenland from the ...
An isolated population of polar bears in Greenland has made a clever adaptation to the decline in the sea ice they depend upon for hunting seals, offering a ray of hope for this species in some ...
The study examined polar bear bones and tissues over a 10-year period and found evidence suggesting that exposure to environmental toxins could sicken them without killing them outright.
Polar bears are inbreeding due to melting sea ice, posing risk to survival of the species, scientists say. Researchers found up to 10% less genetic diversity in the last 20 years.