Tag: polar bears

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Video of polar bear and cubs in the wild in Wapusk

Peter Ewins and Rhys Gerholdt of WWF spent last week with an ABC News crew from New York in Wapusk National Park, observing the world’s largest concentration of maternity dens for polar bears. Read More
Peter Ewins and Rhys Gerholdt of WWF spent last week with an ABC News crew from New York in...
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Polar bear team update: Its all about energy

Breakfast at 0700 h, then out in the tracked vehicles again, trundling over 1-2 inches of fresh snow, towards the south end of Fletcher Lake at the edge of Wapusk National Park. Read More
Breakfast at 0700 h, then out in the tracked vehicles again, trundling over 1-2 inches of fresh snow, towards...
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Polar bear team update: Today on the tundra

Rhys and I awoke to a crystal clear dawn, a numbing -40C again, and the excitement of reconnecting with the female polar bear and her single cub that we had left at sunset yesterday... Read More
Rhys and I awoke to a crystal clear dawn, a numbing -40C again, and the excitement of reconnecting with...
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Heading north as polar bears emerge from snow dens

It's 0530 and my WWF-US colleague Rhys Gerholdt and I are with an ABC News crew from New York, heading up to Wapusk National Park and the world's largest concentration of maternity dens for... Read More
It's 0530 and my WWF-US colleague Rhys Gerholdt and I are with an ABC News crew from New York,...
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It’s not too late to save polar bears: study

A new paper published in Nature magazine suggests that reductions in greenhouse gases would be effective in saving polar bear populations from the worst effects of climate change. The report says that the bears’... Read More
A new paper published in Nature magazine suggests that reductions in greenhouse gases would be effective in saving polar...
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Polar bear tracker update: The bears are on the move!

Sea-ice has formed around the fringes of western Hudson Bay, and most of the satellite radio-collared females are now a few kilometres offshore, over some slightly deeper water and potentially accessing some much-needed seal... Read More
Sea-ice has formed around the fringes of western Hudson Bay, and most of the satellite radio-collared females are now...
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Video: The Umky Patrol

This video tells the story of climate change, of WWF's work with Indigenous peoples, and of conservation. Read More
This video tells the story of climate change, of WWF's work with Indigenous peoples, and of conservation.
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