polar bears
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That Story Of A Polar Bear Petting A Dog Just Took A Dark Turn
Remember that heartwarming video showing a dog as it was being petted by a giant polar bear? In a twist that comes as a surprise to no one, a polar bear had to be immobilised last week after it killed and ate a dog from the same sled pack.
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Russian Scientists Stationed At Lonely Arctic Outpost Now Also Surrounded By Bears
While working at a remote weather station in the Russian Arctic might sound like a lot of fun, the reality is apparently far grimmer. In addition to the cold, the isolation and the possibility of literally falling off a cliff thanks to climate change, researchers have to deal with unruly locals, like the dozen or…
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Watching Desperate Polar Bears Searching For Ice Is Truly Heartbreaking
Polar bears are now swimming for kilometres looking for ice because that’s where they can hunt their prey without being seen. Many of them drown. Some find land and die later, exhausted and starved. All thanks to the ongoing global temperature increase and the collapse of the northern ice sheets.
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Polar Bears Aren’t Descended From Brown Bears After All
For a long time, it’s been thought that polar bears are recent descendants of brown bears and that their white coats and webbed feet evolved into being over the last 150,000 years. A new study proves that incorrect: in fact, polar and brown bears share a common ancestor, making polar bears 600,000 years old.