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Extirpated polar bears of St. Matthew Island spent five months on land during...
[Jan. 27, 2013: a follow-up to this post is in progress - here.] Did you know there used to be resident polar bears on two small islands in the Bering Sea? Given how much we don’t know about the polar...
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New Chukchi Sea polar bear survey – exciting preliminary results
Back in October, I wrote about US Fish & Wildlife biologist Eric Regehr comments about a recent survey of Chukchi Sea polar bears, the results of which are still not published. Since then, I’ve...
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Russia confirms Chukchi Sea polar bears not at risk from climate change or...
A statement yesterday from Yegor Vereshchagin, wildlife conservation manager from Chukotka, Russia (Polar Bears Adjust to Climate Change, 20 February 2018) confirms that Chukchi Sea polar bears are...
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More Davis Strait polar bears onshore in the last two days
Four bears were photographed outside of Red Bay, Southern Labrador on Thursday 8 March and a bear was spotted ashore in NE Newfoundland overnight on Wednesday. CBC News reported this morning (9 March...
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Chukchi Sea polar bears number almost 3000 according to new survey results
The Chukchi Sea finally has a polar bear population estimate! According to survey results from 2016 only recently made public, about 2937 bears (1522-5944) currently inhabit the region, making this the...
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Chukchi Sea polar bears number almost 3000 according to new survey results:...
The Chukchi Sea finally has a polar bear population estimate! According to survey results from 2016 only recently made public, about 2937 bears (1522-5944) currently inhabit the region, making this the...
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CBC hypes “bleak” Churchill polar bear fate with unsupported claims & falsehoods
Over the weekend in Canada, the CBC ran a polar bear news feature that is now available online (“Polar bears in peril: the bleak future of Churchill bears,” The National, CBC, 3 December 2018). It gave...
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Churchill problem polar bear report for week 3 and a triplet litter of cubs...
Courtesy the Town of Churchill: Also, note that a mother with a litter of triplets spotted along the coast of Wapusk National Park (just east and south of Churchill) in good condition, 15 September...
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Polar bear triplet litter spotted near Churchill as ice starts to form along...
Polar bears, including a litter of triplet cubs (a sign of very good health), are gathering near Churchill, Manitoba where new ice is forming along the coast. This means the fall seal hunt will soon...
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Polar bear sea ice habitat update at 15 November & problem bears in Western...
Abundant polar bear habitat this fall across the Arctic so far, with only Hudson Bay sea ice formation a bit behind schedule. However, Churchill has not seen the anticipated spike in problem bear...
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