#polar-bears — Public Fediverse posts
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Polar bear mother and cubs playing in Wapusk National Park, Manitoba, Canada
© Hao Jiang/Getty Images
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Wapusk: The Polar Bear Nursery
Wapusk National Park, whose name means 'White Bear' in Cree, protects one of the world's largest polar bear maternity denning areas. Each year, pregnant polar bears dig dens in the permafrost to give birth. The park's remote location and strict access restrictions are essential for protecting these vulnerable mothers and cubs during their first critical months. #Canada #Wapusk #PolarBears #Manitoba 🇨🇦
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Arctic Winter Ice Extent Hits Historic Low
Arctic sea ice maximum in 2026 tied the 2025 record low. This affects polar bears and seals and means more summer melt.
#ArcticIce, #ClimateChange, #SeaIce, #PolarBears, #GlobalWarming
https://newsletter.tf/arctic-winter-ice-record-low-2026-affecting-wildlife/
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The Arctic sea ice maximum in 2026 was 13.76 million km², tying the 2025 record low. This is the lowest since records began 48 years ago.
#ArcticIce, #ClimateChange, #SeaIce, #PolarBears, #GlobalWarming
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Polar Bear on Sperm Whale
A female polar bear feeds on a sperm whale carcass in the polar pack ice north of the Norwegian archipelago, Svalbard. 82° North, International Waters, 8 July 2025. Polar bears are primarily seal predators, but as ice retreats in the summer and hunting becomes harder, they increasingly rely on opportunistic scavenging.
Photograph: Roie Galitz/World Press Photo 2026
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The incredible photos of Planet Earth cameraman Doug Allan https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crk17eg356eo 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Seals #Pinnipeds #Walrus #PolarBears #Photography #Wildlife #Nature
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Polar Bear Capital of the World 🐻❄️
Did you know? Churchill, Manitoba is known as the 'Polar Bear Capital of the World.' Each fall, hundreds of polar bears migrate toward Hudson Bay, passing through the town as they wait for the sea ice to form. This natural phenomenon draws wildlife enthusiasts from across the globe to witness these magnificent creatures in their natural habitat. 🇨🇦 #Canada #Manitoba #PolarBears
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Polar Bear Capital of the World 🐻❄️
Did you know? Churchill, Manitoba is known as the 'Polar Bear Capital of the World.' Each fall, hundreds of polar bears migrate toward Hudson Bay, passing through the town as they wait for the sea ice to form. This natural phenomenon draws wildlife enthusiasts from across the globe to witness these magnificent creatures in their natural habitat. 🇨🇦 #Canada #Manitoba #PolarBears
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If you would like to cry about something else but the news today, go & watch 'Snowbear':
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#PolarBears in the #BarentsSea are staying fat despite rapid sea #ice loss
#Arctic #bears may be surviving by shifting to new food sources
When #seaice goes away, bears get thinner. If bears in a population are losing fat, that can be an early warning population will decline.
Researchers are interested in polar bears living on #Svalbard because relationship between sea ice and fat loss should be strong. Polar bears there shouldn’t have much fat.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/polar-bears-fat-barents-sea-ice-loss
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From Polar Bears International on Bluesky:
Happy World Wildlife Day!
Today, and every day, we celebrate our favourite big white bear. 🐻❄️ Learn all about polar bears and the changing Arctic from their life cycle, their habitat, diet & prey, and the threats they face: https://pbears.org/pbearschangingarctic
#polarbears #worldwildlifeday #arctic #environment #climate #climatechange #animals #canada
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From Polar Bears International on Bluesky:
Last fall, we launched EV Tundra Buggy One in partnership with Frontiers North Adventures, a fully-electric new build of our mobile broadcast studio in Churchill. Canadian Geographic came to visit to witness how EV vehicles can work even in the cold north. pbears.org/40Dc8eX
#Arctic #Polarbears #bears #green #environment #climate #climatechange #Canada #EV #animals
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Happy #InternationalPolarBearDay! While we don't have #polarbears up for adoption (despite the cold weather and piles of #snow outside), we do have the next best thing - Reba! Reba is available for adoption in #Salem, MA at Northeast Animal Shelter. If you'd like to learn more about this unbearably cute gal, visit https://www.mspca.org/pets/a468107
#dog #dogsofmastodon #dogs #animal #animals #pet #pets #massachusetts
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#BostonWeekend Fri BIKES its #CriticalMass in #Boston - Meet up at #Copley at 630 and go look for #PolarBears at 7 https://www.instagram.com/p/DVOuiCEkfyI/ #BostonBikes #BikeBoston #BikeTooter
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Happy #InternationalPolarBearDay! Read Michael Engelhard's essay "Darwin's Polar Bear" looking at the often overlooked role they played in the development of evolutionary theory: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/darwin-s-polar-bear #polarbears
(Pictured: a circa 1808 etching by S. C. Miger.)
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Ich hatte das große Glück und Privileg im Sommer 2023 bei einer Reise nach Svalbard Eisbären beobachten zu dürfen. 16 verschiedene Begegnungen in 10 Tagen, im Eis, an Land, im Wasser.
Zum „International Polar Bear Day“ gibt es von mir eine kleine Auswahl.
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Heart-Melting Photos of Polar Bear Mother and Cubs Mark International Polar Bear Day https://petapixel.com/2026/02/27/heart-melting-photos-of-polar-bear-mother-and-cubs-mark-international-polar-bear-day/ #polarbearsinternational #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #polarbears #Spotlight #hudsonbay #Features #arctic #News
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Polar bear cub walking across pack ice, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, United States
© Steven Kazlowski/naturepl.com
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Trash trail temptations
Polar bear, Churchill, Manitoba, #Canada. Gold in the Urban wildlife category.Photograph: Robert Gloeckner/World Nature Photography awards
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"That melting ice is what’s harming polar bear populations in Canada’s Hudson Bay; the Beaufort Sea, located north of Alaska and the Yukon; and Baffin Bay in Greenland. And it’s why they’re listed as threatened under the US Endangered Species Act and the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, a global authority on endangered species.
But the story in Svalbard — an icy archipelago in the Barents Sea, north of Scandinavia — is different.
Between 1992 and 2019, scientists in Svalbard darted hundreds of polar bears from helicopters and measured their bodies. Then they compared those measurements to sea ice conditions, such as the number of ice-free days, and other climate variables.
Remarkably, the number of days with no ice in the region increased by roughly 100 during that period. And yet, as the authors found, the body condition of both male and female polar bears — i.e., how fat and healthy they are — increased from 2000 onward. Female bears were actually in worse condition when the sea ice lasted longer.
Often, the message about polar bears is '100 percent doom,' said Kristin Laidre, a polar bear researcher at the University of Washington, who was not involved in the study. 'But that’s not true,' Laidre told me. 'There’s variability in how bears are responding. This [research] adds to the variability story.'"
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Polar Bear Capital of the World 🐻❄️
Did you know? Churchill, Manitoba is known as the 'Polar Bear Capital of the World.' Each fall, hundreds of polar bears migrate toward Hudson Bay, passing through the town as they wait for the sea ice to form. This natural phenomenon draws wildlife enthusiasts from across the globe to witness these magnificent creatures in their natural habitat. 🇨🇦 #Canada #Manitoba #PolarBears
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Protecting an ocean of ice and snow
With international waters no longer (mostly) lawless thanks to the High Seas Treaty, the world can now protect parts of the open ocean. This is especially critical for the still (mostly) frozen central Arctic Ocean as melting sea ice increases shipping and other industrial activities.
#arctic #climate #climatechange #north #polarbears #seas #ocean #oceans #environmentcanada
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Broken canine teeth are seen in many predatory animals, including polar bears, who often fight viciously for access to mate with a female. A 2025 study aimed to understand patterns of canine breakage in Western Hudson Bay polar bears & examine injury rates over time.
Taken on Bluesky from Polar Bears International
#polarbears #bears #arctic #animals #north #canada #climatechange #environment #climate #science #research
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#52booksin52weeks 29. Set in the Arctic/Antarctic - The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman #goldencompass #DarkMaterials #yafantasy #yaseries #authority #rebellion #ComingOfAge #ReligionVsScience #deception #TheSoul #conciousness #polarbears #daemons #Bookstagram #booktok #booksky #ttrpgpodcast #gamemaster #gamemastersbookclub https://www.k-squareproductions.com/gmbc
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🐻❄️❄️ Researchers studying #polarbears in the waters between #Alaska and #Russia found that many individuals are actually getting heavier.
While sea ice is shrinking, the shallow and nutrient-rich #environment of the Chukchi Sea still provides enough food to support a healthy population for now.
#wildlife #arctic #science #conservation #ecology #education #animals #bears
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While there are concerns about melting sea ice in Norway's #Arctic, there is some positive news to celebrate--polar bears are getting "fatter and healthier."
🔗 Read more: http://dlvr.it/TQnRBm
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The Final Portrait
A polar bear cub looks into the camera as it accompanies its mother on an unsuccessful hunting trip. There’s a sad story behind this picture, taken on the coast of Svalbard archipelago in Norway. Soon after it was taken, the polar bear and its family went too close to an area of huts, and people forced them away.Photograph: Nima Sarikhani/Wildlife Photographer of the Year