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Sweating the Details: Polar Bear Hits the Treadmill for Science
By Mindy Weisberger published
A polar bear at the San Diego Zoo named Tatqiq recently went the extra mile to help scientific research.
Scientist Dons Polar Bear Costume to Stalk Musk Oxen in the Arctic
By Joel Berger published
How is rapid warming in the Arctic affecting animals that are adapted to cold? A wildlife biologist is using many techniques to find out, including stalking muskoxen in a polar bear costume.
Polar Bear Body Cam Shows Predator's POV
By Stephanie Pappas published
Eating, swimming and playing — a body cam reveals a polar bear's life.
Russian Scientists Trapped By Polar Bears Have Been Rescued
By Discovery News published
Five meteorologists surrounded by polar bears at a research station on a remote island in high-Arctic Russia have been rescued
Hungry Polar Bears Decimating Seabird Colonies
By Kieran Mulvaney published
Some hungry polar bears are turning to seabird colonies for sustenance.
Starving Polar Bear Photo: Don't Blame (Just) Climate Change
By Elizabeth Newbern published
A dramatic photograph of a starving polar bear went viral online, but scientists say it's a stretch to definitively link polar-bear starvation to climate change.
Why Knut the Polar Bear Died So Suddenly
By Tia Ghose published
Knut the polar bear, the global sensation that captured the public imagination, died of an autoimmune disorder that caused his immune system to attack his brain.
Polar Bear Awes with Record-Breaking Dive
By Elizabeth Peterson published
Polar bears are known to be excellent swimmers, but new research suggests that they are also superb divers.
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