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How long can a polar bear stay underwater?
Polar bears are strong swimmers and are known to dive underwater as part of a strategy to sneak up and try to catch seals when they are hauled out on an ice floe. A new video shows they can stay underwater much longer than previously thought
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Article | 4 min | Jun 2, 2015
Land-based Foods Not the Answer for Polar Bears
Polar bears forced on land during summer sea ice melt snack on terrestrial foods, but they are inadequate for bears' long-term nutritional needs
Article | 2 min | Apr 1, 2015
U.S. Polar Bear Recovery Team
The U.S. Polar Bear Recovery Team is tasked with drafting the Polar Bear Conservation Management Plan, which will address requirements of both the Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act
Article | 3 min | Mar 23, 2015
Black Flies and Polar Bears: Repairing the Cape Churchill Tower
A tower at Cape Churchill in Wapusk National Park once used to observe polar bears has been rebuilt. The tower now serves as an internet relay station and a mount for the Polar Bear Cam
Article | 4 min | Aug 9, 2014
Crawling into a Polar Bear Den
As part of our ongoing denning studies, our team enters and measures snow dens after polar bear families have left
Article | 2 min | Apr 8, 2014
Polar Bears and the Chemical Cocktail
Polar bears carry high loads of toxic pollutants due to chemicals carried north on ocean currents, especially bears living in the Barents Sea, northeast Greenland, and the Kara Sea
Article | 15 min | Jan 14, 2014
Decoding Polar Bear Vocalizations in the Den
A study of polar bear cub vocalizations shows that cubs express a range of emotions from distress to contentment
Article | 4 min | Oct 15, 2013
A Visit with Arctic Homesteaders
The Helmericks live year-round on Alaska's North Slope, homesteaders in the heart of the Arctic
Article | 7 min | May 21, 2013
Domain of the Great White Bear
Studying polar bear denning ecology in Alaska
Article | 4 min | Mar 5, 2012