Polar bear sitting in tundra without snow - signs of global warming

A young polar bear is sitting in the brown tundra in November. No signs of snow or ice in sight. Polar bears are coming to the waters edge in October/November near Churchill, Manitoba, Canada, waiting for the Hudson...

Blogger to Appear on Mickelson Show Wednesday

Tune in to Des Moines’ Newsradio 1040 WHO-AM Wednesday morning as I’ll be appearing as a guest of Jan Mickelson during the 10 a.m. (Central) segment of his show, Mickelson in the Morning.Mickelson, Iowa’s most-prolific conservative radio talk show host, asked me to...

‘Bipolar Bear Disorder’ Cases Expected to Increase

Bipolar bear disorder is a new and unexpected bi-product of a contentious legal battle over the protected status of polar bears. Sadly, the number of polar bears being diagnosed with this affliction is expected to increase precipitously over the coming months, according to...

Move over Knut, there's a new cub in town

With celebrity polar bear Knut now fully grown, the latest German polar bear idol--Flocke--comes none too soon.  Fame in the animal world, it appears, is as ageist as Hollywood.Flocke is already making public...

Knut the polar bear 'addicted to fame'

I fear it was only a matter of time. Now the infamous polar bear of Berlin Zoo is following in Britney Spears' footsteps and is apparently finding it hard to deal with the pressures of fame.  "Knut has turned...

Inuit and environmentalists clash over polar bear

To save the polar bear, or to respect a way of life, that is the question."OTTAWA (Reuters) - Leaders of Canada's Arctic Inuit people denounced U.S. environmentalists on Monday for pushing Washington to declare the...

Vancouver Polar Bear Swim 2008

The rain is holding off today - but the weather is still as cold as you can get above freezing. Oh, and personal experience suggests that you don't try pointing out that this is potentially the mildest polar bear...

Polar, Giant Panda, Grizzly, Brown, Black bears needs your help. Learn more a...

The bears are increasingly coming into conflict with people and many of them are already listed as threatened. Different species of Bears are declining from hunting and from loss of their habitat. .BearPlanet.org try to educate their visitors through analyzing and providing...

Glaciers Melting Everywhere But Not A Drop To Drink

I am reminded of J. T. Coleridge's timeless poem, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" - as our glaciers continue to melt and icebergs shear off into the sea, their source of fresh water will to be lost to us.During...

Animal Activists: Kill the Polar Bear Cub

This bear's only crime is being raised in a zoo, a situation over which the bear in question has no control. True, he cannot be released into the wild, but is that even an option at this point?  Knut (the cub in question) is currently in a zoo; surely it makes more sense...

Save All The Bears

"$30M forest pledge 'clear signal' of green Tories: Baird This is a nice start, but in no way proves the Conservatives are Green since the promise for federal funding was made by the previous Liberal Government. And like all of this weeks announcements the...

Damp Fur on Polar Bears

The Polar Bear Swim in Vancouver's West End was a dark and drizzly affair for all... and judging by the most of the participants, a bit fuzzy for some.

English Bay Ready for the Plunge

A new kind of Marine Life will be on display just a few miles from the Vancouver Aquarium. It's difficult to say if the words "natural habitat" apply to this annual confluence of thick-skinned breed of human. The...

Rare Bear

"Strange bear was grizzly-polar hybrid, tests show And we know this how? Oh because it was killed. By a sports hunter. From the US. Who was kind enough to give the skin to Federal scientists for them to test. "

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