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'The Job Requires Good Polar Bear Spotting Skills'

AP | Posted 04.30.2013 | Green

OSLO, Norway (AP) — Do you enjoy the outdoors and have strong vocal cords? If so, Norway might have a summer job for you: three weeks in the Arctic ...

WATCH: Unbearably Cute Polar Bear Cub

Posted 03.02.2013 | Green

Here's to a super-cuddly start to the long-awaited weekend. On Friday, an adorable polar bear cub made her public debut at the Buffalo Zoo, tickli...

If Not in the Wild, Would You See a Zoo Polar Bear?

John Gunter | Posted 04.15.2013 | Green
John Gunter

One thing we've always been acutely aware of is that travel to and in Canada's north can be prohibitively expensive. At the same time, we are passionate about people experiencing this incredible part of the world.

Mom To The Rescue!

The Huffington Post | Andres Jauregui | Posted 07.25.2012 | Green

Polar bears may have a reputation for ferocity, but moms will be moms. In this video, taken from the RRS James Clark Ross during a scientific voyag...

LOOK: Polar Bear Twins!

The Huffington Post | Posted 06.15.2012 | Green

A pair of twin polar bear cubs born at an aquarium in China have celebrated their first 100 days on earth. Born March 5 at Tianjin Haichang Ocean Worl...

WATCH: Man Swims With Polar Bear

The Huffington Post | Ileana Llorens | Posted 06.06.2012 | Green

In a video that's both nerve-wracking and beautiful, Mark Dumas swims with an 800-pound polar bear like it's nothing out of the ordinary. The exper...

Not the Change Polar Bears Need: President Obama's Polar Bear Extinction Plan

Kassie Siegel | Posted 07.07.2012 | Green
Kassie Siegel

More than two-thirds of these amazing animals, including all the polar bears in Alaska, will likely be gone by 2050. So it boggles the mind that the Obama administration announced plans to reissue a Bush-era regulation that limits protections for polar bears under the Endangered Species Act.

Officials Baffled Over Polar Bears' Fur Loss

AP | Posted 04.08.2012 | Green

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Alaska polar bears are losing their fur and U.S. Geological Survey scientists don't know why. In the past two weeks, nine of 33 ...

The Arctic: A Journey Of Epic Proportions

G Adventures | Posted 05.24.2012 | Travel
G Adventures

Each day of the journey brought unpredictable thrills and excitement. And it wasn't just the landscapes that floored me.

Global Warming Very Real to Baby Seals, Baby

Neil Wagner | Posted 04.02.2012 | Green
Neil Wagner

Climate change spares no one. Not even the adorable.

PHOTOS: Tiny Polar Bear Cub Saved After Mother Unable To Care For Him

AP | Posted 02.21.2012 | Green

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Danish zoo says a month-old polar bear cub is being raised by humans after his mother failed to produce enough milk to ...

GRAPHIC PHOTOS: Polar Bear Eats Cub; Cannibalism May Be On The Rise

The Huffington Post | Joanna Zelman | Posted 12.12.2011 | Green

Cannibalism is not a part of polar bears' M.O. The animals normally refrain from feasting on their own kind. But desperate times apparently call f...

One Critical Reason to Cut Global Warming Pollution Now: The Amazing Polar Bear

Kassie Siegel | Posted 01.16.2012 | Green
Kassie Siegel

Polar bears fasting on land lose about two pounds per day, and it's not clear how much longer it will be before the ice freezes and bears here can go back out onto the ice to hunt seals.

Tell Your City Leaders: Join Call for Action on Climate Crisis

Kassie Siegel | Posted 11.23.2011 | Green
Kassie Siegel

We've got to get national leaders off the dime. Here's one way: When city leaders speak out, especially in large numbers, Washington tends to listen.

Norway: Polar Bear Makes Unexpected Boat Visit

AP | Posted 11.04.2011 | Weird News

OSLO, Norway -- A Norwegian boat crew recently had an unexpected wake-up call when a full-grown polar bear climbed aboard their anchored ship for a 30...

BPing the Arctic, Again -- Fast-Tracking Shell's Dangerous Drilling

Subhankar Banerjee | Posted 10.15.2011 | Green
Subhankar Banerjee

We must envision and fight for a sustainable and clean energy future for our sake, our future generation and for all life on earth.

Are Polar Bears Threatened By The Report That Polar Bears Are ... Threatened?

AP | By BECKY BOHRER | Posted 10.10.2011 | Green

JUNEAU, Alaska -- The federal investigation into suspended wildlife biologist Charles Monnett has focused on the scientific merit of a 2006 article in...

Alaskan Polar Bear Cub Rescued At Oil Field

AP | By RACHEL D'ORO | Posted 06.30.2011 | Green

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Wanted: A zoo for an orphaned polar bear cub that was rescued at an Alaska oil field. Officials from the Alaska Zoo in Anchorage...

Naked Circle Line Cruise Will Benefit Wildlife Conservatory

dnainfo.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

MIDTOWN -- The frigid February weather won't keep these Polar Bears from stripping down on the Hudson River Saturday. For the third year running, t...

A Marshall Plan for Nature: How to Protect Endangered Species from Climate Change

Leda Huta | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Leda Huta

With our new report, the Endangered Species Coalition and our member groups attempt to answer the question: To save endangered species from climate change, where do we begin?

After The Arctic Spill -- Shell, Palin and Obama

Subhankar Banerjee | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Subhankar Banerjee

Did the administration approve Shell to go drill in the Arctic or not and if yes, then when? The truth it seems is somewhere in between.

Thankful for Polar Bear Habitat But Shell Must Not Go There

Subhankar Banerjee | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Subhankar Banerjee

2010-11-26-p.jpgWill Obama deny-or-grant Shell the permit to go drill-and-destroy the critical habitat of polar bears that he just designated?

Northern Thanksgiving Exposure From the Top of Alaska

James M. Clash | Posted 05.25.2011 | Travel
James M. Clash

A few years back, on a whim, I flew way north for turkey day. While my friends enjoyed Thanksgiving dinners with their families, I sat shivering in a tiny Chinese restaurant in Barrow, AK, chowing down not on turkey but Mongolian beef.

PHOTOS: Zoo Animals Love Halloween

The Huffington Post | Alden Wicker | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Animals have the right idea. Forget the sugary candy and throw-away costumes; when it comes to Halloween, zoo animals just want the jack-o-lanterns! ...

Federal Judge Orders Obama Administration To Review Bush-Era Decision That Limits Polar Bear Protection

AP | MATTHEW DALY | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

WASHINGTON — A federal judge is ordering the Obama administration to review whether polar bears, at risk because of global warming, are endanger...