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These Birds Have Talons Bigger Than Bear Claws
Bears are symbols of power and resilience. Birds are symbols of freedom and mystery. At first glance, these two creatures ...
A holiday in the Arctic that’s more than just searching for polar bears
While polar bears are a big tourist draw, the Arctic has a wealth of wildlife to observe and terrains to explore ...
Is there more to the Arctic than searching for polar bears?
New regulations present challenges to wildlife viewing in Svalbard, but they haven’t sent tourism into a deep freeze, says ...
Jimmy Doherty: ‘We’ll rue the day we forget farmers’
He brought Arctic predators to the Suffolk countryside. Now, the zookeeper is on a mission to transform farming and ...
Study Finds on MSN2d
Winter Weather Is Moving West: How The Polar Vortex Is Rewriting America’s Cold Map
In A Nutshell A major study of 42 years of data shows severe winter storms have shifted northwest, away from the traditional ...
The Buffalo News3d
Chill out! The zoo's polar bears can thrive, even in summer heat
The polar bears at the Buffalo Zoo are kept comfortable in the hottest months of the year with climate controlled habitats and always-cool swimming pools.
Cold, polar bears and ship motions challenge North Pole marathoners
Runners participating in the North Pole Marathon are wasting no second of their training even if they are on a ship. Ahead of the annual marathon on July 13 (Sunday), the competitors have been ...
Pittsburgh Magazine5d
Fish Popsicles? Ice Cakes? How to Keep a Polar Bear Cool
Enjoying these sizzling summer days? Imagine if you were the lone polar bear at the Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium. Actually, zoo staff provide a number of ...