Tag: polar bear

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Arctic Fox on a Hill at Omega Park, Montebello, Quebec, Canada

Our top 10 fave Arctic fox facts

Arctic foxes are clever predators and intrepid travellers. While their populations remain stable globally, climate change is warming the Arctic at three times the global average, reshaping these frigid ecosystems in ways that could... Read More
Arctic foxes are clever predators and intrepid travellers. While their populations remain stable globally, climate change is warming the...
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Polar bear on ice floe edge

How polar bear conservation can influence marine life

Protecting polar bears could help safeguard a much wider web of Arctic marine life. According to new research led by the University of Alberta in Canada, polar bears can act as an “umbrella species,”... Read More
Protecting polar bears could help safeguard a much wider web of Arctic marine life. According to new research led...
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Polar bear hind foot

Sampling polar bear footprints in the snow for conservation insights

In a podcast earlier this year, Micaela Hellström, managing director and co-founder of MIX Research, and Elisabeth Kruger, Arctic wildlife manager at WWF US in Alaska, discussed their involvement in a groundbreaking project together with... Read More
In a podcast earlier this year, Micaela Hellström, managing director and co-founder of MIX Research, and Elisabeth Kruger, Arctic wildlife...
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Polar Bear Family Arctic Sunset

Our Arctic Species Conservation Fund returns for sixth field season

With warming temperatures and industrial pressures surging across the North, WWF-Canada’s Arctic Species Conservation Fund (ASCF) launched in 2016 with a clear mission: support high-quality research and stewardship actions that bring together science, technology and Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit... Read More
With warming temperatures and industrial pressures surging across the North, WWF-Canada’s Arctic Species Conservation Fund (ASCF) launched in 2016 with a clear...
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Polar bear with cubs in the Wapusk National Park, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada

Fieldnotes: We ❤ Polar Bears

How we’re helping the world’s (literally) coolest apex predator No species is more emblematic of the High Arctic than the polar bear. Known as Nanuq in the Inuit language Inuktitut and Ursus maritimus in science-speak — meaning “sea... Read More
How we’re helping the world’s (literally) coolest apex predator No species is more emblematic of the High Arctic than...
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Polar bears need help now. Here’s why

There’s good reason to be worried about the future of polar bears. They need ice and snow to feed and breed, and as climate change warms the Arctic twice as fast as the global average, their habitat... Read More
There’s good reason to be worried about the future of polar bears. They need ice and snow to feed and breed,...
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