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Which, for the great majority of the time that polar bears have been polar bears, has been a reasonable assumption.

'It's always exciting to see polar bears in nature. I will never tire of it as they are fascinating creatures. It is always special. '

The truth was that polar bears are ferocious wild animals and can become desperate for food in the ice-free summer months.

Similar footprint-recognition software has been used to create biometric signatures for white rhinos, polar bears, and cheetahs as well.

But a better option might be to phase animals like polar bears out of zoos, and focus instead on those animals that do well in captivity.

For a long time the US government refused to see a link between climate change and threat to polar bears.

As the researchers pointed out, because polar bears live primarily on sea ice, their remains often end up in the ocean.

Scientists acknowledge the urgency to assess fireflies may not match that of polar bears or Siberian tigers.

In fact, they have gone just about as wild as it is possible to get, examining polar bears on the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard.

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New pictures show that polar bears are beginning to cannibalise each other as global warming destroys its hunting grounds.

But adding polar bears to the nation's list of endangered species, as some are now proposing, should not be part of those efforts.

If you want to see polar bears up close, the place to go isChurchill, Man. , on the western shore of Hudson Bay.

Tragedy occurs, and the "Knut" living with his mother and two other female polar bears were not there.

Polar bears, desert gazelles and sharks were all added to the list of species facing extinction.

The island itself is kind of like a Scandinavian Wild West. Reindeer exist in abundance, and polar bears are a genuine threat.

It's all too common these days to see pictures of polar bears trapped on rapidly diminishing ice sheets.

Biologists told me they saw eight dead polar bears floating in the water when they flew over the sea in a helicopter.

Mercury and other metals turn up in tuna, orange roughy, seals, polar bears and other long-lived animals.

Well this, um. . . especially attractive to polar bears in terms of conservation. And this er. . . well, may say umbrella species.

Male polar bears give females the cold shoulder after mating, leaving the moms - to - be to put on around 400 pounds during their pregnancy!

Similar changes to habitats are also threatening Arctic species like polar bears, as the sea ice they dwell on gradually melts away.

Research by an international team of scientists has found that all polar bears descend from a single female brown bear.

The researchers found that adult polar bears will put the little polar bear on his back upstream cold seawater.

The Wrangel Island, also known as a maternity hospital of the polar bears.

When you see it whole, you remember that it's not polar bears over there, and snakes over here; it's one place, one strange special place.

He told the brainy, sensitive, vegetarian girl next door that she couldn't come over because we were murdering polar bears.

If the polar bears have no place to live, maybe we could try to make room in zoos and stuff.

Polar bears are proving to be popular representatives of their threatened environment.

In Norway, polar bears are protected under strict conservation laws and can only be shot in self-defense.

Of course, given that polar bears are immense carnivores, the notion that they might on occasion attack humans is not exactly shocking.

As told in the official coca-cola's website ad. : the beverage giant has rolled out white cans a few weeks ago with artful polar bears.

AT least the snow in the north remains white and polar bears remain white.

The proposal was triggered by rising temperatures in the Arctic that are reducing the sea ice polar bears need for hunting .

This interested third party was observing the "interactions" of two polar bears near Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.

We have no idea why. It was during feeding time when the polar bears are especially aggressive.

The grand prize winner snapped the shot while traveling on the Land of the Polar Bears expedition.

Walrus, ringed seals, and other animals living on the sea ice along the northern coasts, then become prey for polar bears.

Notice how the story of the scientist, disgraced when his lies over drown polar bears were confirmed, never made Yahoo.

Polar bears and human vision and hearing quite, but they are extremely sensitive sense of smell, dogs are the 7 times.

Wildlife will also suffer. Polar bears, which hunt for seals along the ice's edge, and walruses, which fish there, will both be hard-hit.

Polar bears evolved rapidly from brown bears within the last million years.

"This dependency on sea ice potentially makes polar bears one of the most at-risk large mammals to climate change, " says Mr Durner.

Polar bears and walruses might be rivals in the wild, but together they now face a single danger.

Polar bears stay warm by laying on layers of fat up to seven inches thick beneath a coat of fur with nearly 10, 000 hairs per square inch.

But it's exactly what is required for polar bears, ring seals, and the snowy-white beluga whales -- the highly vocal canaries of the sea.

They found that polar bears skulls were less capable of withstanding the strain from chewing hard foods.

By century's end, the only polar bears left might live in the Canadian Arctic islands and along the west coast of Greenland.

The scientists say that as more sea ice melts, polar bears have to swim greater distances in search of food.

Tania had seen snow before but only very little as it mostly falls in the Dutch winter, when polar bears hibernate.

Many researchers believe the health of polar bears is an indicator of the health of the environment.

Researchers found that adult polar bears would carry baby polar bears on their back to the other side of the cold sea.

During the summer, many polar bears gather to rest and feed on hunter-harvested bowhead whale remains near Kaktovik, on Barter Island.

Polar bears live mainly on the Arctic pack ice, moving south in winter as the ice extends and north in summer when it melts back.

As minimum extant declines, polar bears would lose the floating platforms they have come to rely on for hunting and breeding.

The United States has proposed listing polar bears as threatened with extinction.

No electoral bear-college voted for a leader who called for polar bears to move to the Arctic.

Polar bears are the biggest four-legged carnivore on land, almost three times bigger than the brown bears that dominate Alaska's interior.

This report tries to determining if the polar bears should be included into the vanishing species .

The researchers by monitoring the activities of the polar bears to determine the effect of climate change on the polar bear.

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They've encountered time travel, angry island inhabitants, man-eating black smoke and geographically misplaced polar bears.

The loss of Arctic sea ice due to global warming is widely recognised as the greatest threat to the polar bears' survival.

Young male polar bears spar under the low light of winter in Svalbard, a cluster of islands halfway between Norway and the North Pole.

Yup, I'm back in Finland with the snow, reindeers, and polar bears.

The freezing conditions, not to mention polar bears, should put off any unwelcome visitors.

Then we had tea, with a huge Christmas cake covered with snow men and polar bears.

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Most of their lives are spent on frozen seas. But in this part of the world, polar bears don't have the luxury of perpetual winter.

As the arctic ice and snow melt constantly, polar bears swimming distance may continue to increase.

The freezing conditions, not to mention polar bears, should put of f any unwelcome visitors.

The PB Plunge helps educate kids and families on the challenges Polar Bears are facing due to climate change.

The list of species potentially imperiled by climate change is long, from polar bears to certain types of pine trees.

Two polar bears spar in the snow as a magenta sunset descends over Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.

Polar bears are a potentially endangered species living in the circumpolar north.

For much of the year, polar bears roam the frozen Hudson Bay, hunting for seals.

The WWF says that if current sea ice trends continue, two-thirds of the world's polar bears will be lost by the middle of the century.

Polar bears live within the Arctic circle and eat a calorie-rich diet of ringed seals (Pusa hispida) to survive the frozen conditions.

Other American proposals call for monitoring the trade in pink and red coral and completely banning the trade in polar bears.

But he also found that the US government erred in not undertaking an environmental impact statement before it listed polar bears in 2008.

The loss of ice would also be a death knell for polar bears, which rely on ice to hunt and raise their young.

As the ice caps melt and the Arctic warms rapidly, the polar bears are dying at unbelievably fast rates.

Researchers confirm the influence of climate change on polar bears by monitor and tail their behavior.

Due to dangerous declines in ice habit, polar bears are at risk of becoming endangered.

Polar Bears are nearly undetectable by infrared cameras, due to their transparent fur.

Polar bears are also popular in fiction, particularly in books aimed at children or young adults.

Once there was a polar bears, it wants to play, then it for penguin spent four years' time went to the penguin's house.

A whale carcass left by Inupiaq whale hunters provides food for the stranded polar bears.

Polar bears live near the North Pole, a very cold place.

Polar bears typically have twins and teach their offspring to hunt and survive during the first 28 months of their lives.

In the Arctic, the North Pacific right whale and polar bears are probably threatened the most by hybridization.

" The vanishing of Arctic sea ice has direct connection with the fate of polar bears. " Said research team leader Steve Amstrup.

As Arctic ice begins to melt, polar bears leave the tundra and venture onto the frozen ocean in search of seals to prey on.

Polar bears are indirectly suffering the fallout from global oil dependence.

Jon Miller, a man who sells Coca Cola to China, says it's all in the message: forget polar bears - think house prices.

Sensors, armed guards, and roaming native polar bears protect the blast-proof doors.

Food supplies for polar bears are being affected by rising temperatures and melting ice.

Each autumn, polar bears arrive at the town of Churchill, on the edge of Hudson Bay.

In North America, the participants are called "polar bears" .

The land in the north is iced over and polar bears live there.

These changes make polar bears less capable of surviving in a rapidly warming arctic, according to the study.

"The petting zoo. It's in Central Park. It has polar bears. "

Did Tuvalu sink? Did polar bears become extinct? Did Kevin Rudd fix climate change? Nup.

An Arctic without ice. Polar bears extinct in the wild. Mass starvation of reindeer .

"There is a definite link between changes in the sea ice and the welfare of polar bears, " said Steve Amstrup, who led the research team.

"Polar bears are unlikely to survive as a species if there is an almost complete loss of summer sea-ice cover, " the report said.

Pictured here: Two polar bears spar, or play fight, in Churchill, Manitoba.

Polar bears as platforms for hunting seals and other sea creatures and without them, there is a real risk they could starve.

Life is becoming increasingly difficult for polar bears.

Strong swimmers, polar bears have slightly webbed paws to aid in paddling.

female polar bears if ever they consumed that required diet will have an easy time delivering the baby.

Earlier this year, Pepsi went after Coke's famed mascots, the polar bears and Santa.

They got sharpshooters in helicopters on the lookout for polar bears.

It might kill the polar bears, but business would boom in the north, which it sorely needs.

Also recommended: Polar Bears: Living with the White Bear.

Leningrad politechnika. Go polar bears.

When the earth re-evolves herself, after the plagues, the bombs, the wipe-outs, the lights-out, will there be polar bears?

30 degrees: 2 tops, 1 bottom. Long-sleeve base layer and a vest keep your core warm. Tights (or shorts, for polar bears).

Among a flurry of gulls, three polar bears are tugging at the carcass.

Polar bears depend on solid sea ice for survival; it's where they do their hunting.

Polar bears live on top of Arctic sea ice, where they mate and raise their young.

Polar bears live mostly on sea ice, which they use as a platform for hunting seals.

Level in the north, the ice are melting, polar bears are struggling in the waves.

Nobody knows the exact number of polar bears.

How do waste chemicals from farming affect Arctic polar bears?

Two polar bears play in front of Kaktovik's old defence early warning site used during the cold war.

floor was softened and warmed by thick pelts of polar bears, shovelful, and other creatures.

Polar bears live in one of the harshest environments on Earth.

Stranded polar bears on Cross Island outside Prudhoe Bay.

Polar bears roam the Arctic ice sheets and swim in that region's coastal waters.

The disappearance of polar cap will greatly affect polar bears and other halobios .

Cape Churchill is the largest gathering of polar bears on earth.

Oh Sarah Palin, what a wonderful family woman. . . well, unless you're a family of polar bears.

Unlike most species considered for federal protection, polar bears' numbers have not yet shown significant decline.

Standing nearly nine feet tall, two male polar bears engage in play combat on the February 2004 cover.

When we see lions and polar bears, we marvel at how well these animals have adapted themselves to the savannah and the polar ice caps.

Starving polar bears turn to cannibalism .

walk on the ocean floor or ski with polar bears at the North Polar .

Over half the cubs born here die in the first year, often killed by adult male polar bears.

If our minds offer savannah, lions thrive and polar bears die. If we have arctic chills, the polar bears live and the lions die.

That's good news for shipping, but bad news for polar bears, Arctic seals, and the people of the Arctic. . .

But while polar bears are social and playful, they are also the largest non-aquatic carnivores in the world.

But all the good fun must eventually come to an end. Mom rolls in the snow, which is how polar bears dry off.

At these times, seals must face the danger of waiting polar bears.

And, as environmentalists note, whales, polar bears and other species depend on the region's fragile habitats.

Polar bears are masters at conserving energy.

An Arctic adventure with polar bears in the Svalbardarchipelago.

Most of the rest polar bears might disappear by 2100.

Polar bears and brown bears became distinct species around 150, 000 years ago, but have occasionally interbred ever since.

We've found greater sensitivity than the polar bears at certain frequencies, which is pretty exciting for us all.

I threatened the elves. Said I'd feed them to the polar bears.

Same thing for Canada (way up north; polar bears; ice hockey), India (way down south; cobras; call centers), and so on.

"Not much else is kept here because of the nanook, the polar bears, " Jeanie, Eliyah's wife tells me.

Polar bears only hunt from ice platforms at sea.

Polar bears can smell trapped whales from at least 10 miles away , and they can store and live off reserves of fat.

Adopt a polar bear. Factoid: These animals are highly nomadic, but scientists estimate that 60 percent of polar bears live in Canada.

Polar bears hunt ringed seals, which live under the Arctic ice.

The wild tiger tops WWF's list of "10 to Watch in 2010" , followed by polar bears, pandas and rhinos.

Underneath their fur, polar bears have an additional 10-cm-layer of fat, called blubber.

Polar bears also hunt arctic hare.

Polar Bears can run at 25 miles an hour and jump over 6 feet in the air.

Some researchers hope to use ancient DNA to introduce genetic diversity back into threatened populations, for example, those of polar bears.

All polar bears are left-handed .

My favorite animal is polar bears. They are funny.

The polar bears are white and large.

It's hard to photograph polar bears because they don't show up well against the snow.

Polar bears are in danger, numbers dwindling in the Arctic because of melting ice.

Who will care about the lives of polar bears?

I have seen polar bears walking across very very thin ice in search of food.

The park is home to polar bears and other wildlife, including wolves, moose, and many rare bird species.

One early 20th-century big-top act featured 75 polar bears at once.

In the Arctic, even large mammals such as polar bears gorge for days on blueberries.

Although they can swim, the polar bears are terrestrial animals.

Many people picture polar bears as cute and furry.

Nicklen said that polar bears could face extinction within 50 to 100 years if ice continues to recede.

Species in the Arctic, such as polar bears, would lose their habitats.

it also reports that between 100 and 200 other cold - dependent animal species , such as penguins and polar bears are in deep trouble.

Soon I was fixated on the 3, 000 polar bears that roam wild in Spitsbergen.

There is a tunnel under the water where you can see the polar bears and sea lions.

Ice shelves are used by animals such as polar bears as platforms for hunting seals and other sea creatures.

Mothers teach their pups crucial skills, such as how to spot polar bears and how to haul out onto the ice using their tusks.

A lot of the polar bears showed up here after a big storm.

They have some very funny polar bears here.

As ordinary citizens, we should promoting low carbon life now to restrain the climate warming and make an effort on survival of polar bears.

Polar bears live in the North Pole.

You can feel what it is like to live in space, walk on the ocean floor or ski with polar bears at North Pole.

People who take part in Arcticexpeditions talk about the cold, about the hardship, and about polar bears.

When the snow falls, polar bears go to hibernate.

Polar bears were listed as threatened last year, the first time any species had been given protection primarily because of climate change.

Polar bears, for example, are having a harder time hunting seals because of melting sea ice.

I have a big one with polar bears in it.

learn all about giraffes , polar bears , elephants and lion cubs by helping the zoo keeper take good care of these adorable baby animals

The Inuit believe that the Polar Bears have the power to see the future

Polar bears will not survive without action to tackle climate change

Polar bears are expected to suffer a population decline of 30% in the next 45 years

Authentic Polar Bears International patch on left shoulder

Scientists Monitor How Global Warming is Affecting Polar Bears

The polar bears and walruses are surrounded by crystalline ice floes ;

And a warm world means dead polar bears: o

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Polar bears in Norway's remote Svalbard archipelago

Agreement on Conservation of Polar Bears;

Agreement on the Conservation of Polar Bears;

Polar bears live near the North Pole

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It says polar bears face an 80% chance of extinction within 40 years and it will continue to challenge the US government in court

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