Polar Bear
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Those who have lost their species in nature
In the natural world there exist some exotic animals, with completely different colors and sometimes more colorful than the same species.
Polar bears and 5 dangerous points
At first glance, the bears are gentle, cute and quite harmless. However, it has a high risk of human life-threatening and is classified as dangerous animals.
Decreasing the number of polar bears and walruses
The United States Marine and Wildlife Service (FWS) has published a report on the current status of polar bears and Pacific walrus in Alaska. Reports confirm that polar…
Climate warming threatens polar bears
A long-term study in the Hudson Bay of Canada confirmed that polar bears are losing weight and that little animals are born less and less when global warming has melted.…
Polar bears and global warming
Polar bears are the largest predators living on land and are also the largest of the bears. They are also the only bears that mostly eat meat to sustain life. This bear…
2/3 polar bears will disappear
Research projects by the US Geological Survey (USGS) said that in the next half century, polar bears will disappear along the northern coasts of Alaska, Russia and in th…
A polar bear was born at Berlin Zoo
The fact that the polar bear bear named Knut was born at Berlin zoo is becoming the focus of attention. During Easter weekend alone, there were about 125,000 visitors.
Offer to put polar bears on the list of endangered
The US has just proposed bringing the polar bear to the list of endangered species due to the decline in ice in this region. This is the first time that the United State…
Can polar bears be extinct?
Last week NASA made a prediction that in 2006 the area of the Arctic will shrink. This is the clearest evidence for the melting trend in this region in the next few de…
The polar bear's genitals are getting smaller and smaller
The Arctic ice sheets are not the only things being shrunk. The genitals of white bears in eastern Greenland are also shrinking, due to the impact of industrial pollutan…
Polar bears may cross with brown bears
Hunters and scientists have long suspected this possibility. Roger Kuptana, a Northwest County tour guide, Canada, was the first to suggest that this really happened to…
Explore to protect polar bears
Two American explorers Lonnie Dupre and Eric Larsen are preparing for a 4-month Arctic journey this summer next month. They plan to gather information about the polar be…
Polar bears swim 46 miles a day
Scientists find that it swims at least 46 miles (74 km) every day, even up to 62.5 miles (100 km). This is the first evidence that bears can swim over such a long distan…
Melting ice threatens polar bears
Conservationists say the existence of polar bears is under threat as the Arctic Arctic sea ice is melting quickly. According to the Center for Biodiversity, Natural Reso…