An isolated colony of polar bears found in southeast Greenland “inhabits a warmer climate zone, akin to the predicted future environments of polar bears with vastly reduced sea ice habitats,” said a ...
The changing climate poses a major threat to polar bear survival. But new research suggests that rising temperatures may be ...
With climate change steadily dismantling the icy habitat essential to their existence, new research suggests polar bears are rapidly rewiring their own genetics in a bid to survive. The species is ...
Joanna Lynne Kelley. Photo by Jennifer Feitosa. Growing up in the woods of Santa Cruz, Joanna Lynne Kelley was constantly exposed to the beauty and diversity of nature. Surrounded by the variety of ...
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Scientists find polar bear DNA is shifting to survive in warmer regions
The warming of the Arctic is transforming not only its ice but also the genetics of its inhabitants. According to a study cited by BBC and EarthSky, polar bears are undergoing changes in their DNA ...
A polar bear feasts on a seal it captured in the receding tide along the Hudson Bay Lowlands. Ryan St. John peers through his binoculars on the shore of Hudson Bay near his home community of Arviat, ...
When scientists in Canada came across a female polar bear with two cubs in the fall, they made an unusual discovery: One of the young was not her own offspring but instead a rare documented example of ...
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