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Feb 07, 2022
Secrets from zoo polar bears could help conservation efforts in the wild
Bears in captivity provide researchers with more accessibility and data than those in the wild.
Jan 30, 2020
For polar bears contending with climate change, it’s ‘survival of the fattest’
How melting arctic ice has made life harder for lean polar bears.
Feb 18, 2019
Climate change is pushing desperate polar bears, kangaroos, and other wildlife into human territory
Human-wildlife interactions can be dangerous, and they're only growing more common.
Dec 21, 2018
The inventors of the polar bear treadmill are back with a new scientific contraption
Watch Nora the polar bear swim for science.
Jul 10, 2018
How (and why) to teach a polar bear to walk on a treadmill
What it takes to find food in the rapidly melting Arctic.
Jun 15, 2017
Toxic mercury levels are actually declining in Alaskan polar bears—but that’s not as great as it sounds
It's because they're forced to eat human leftovers.
Sep 17, 2015
Polar Bears Might Survive Ice Melting By Hunting New Prey
Trading seals in for caribou and geese
Feb 26, 2015
Trained Polar Bears Volunteer To Give Blood For Science
They wait patiently while a vet tech takes a sample
Sep 11, 2014
Animals Were Wearing Fitness Trackers Before It Was Cool
Hopefully the new Apple Watch comes in "polar bear" size.
