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A polar bear is seen walking along the road as the Olympic Flame ...

(The Canadian Press) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:21:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - A polar bear is seen walking along the road as the Olympic Flame arrives in Churchill, Man. Sunday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

People living in Arviat, Nunavut, brace for a possible repeat ...

(CBC) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:31:32 GMT

(CBC) - People living in Arviat, Nunavut, brace for a possible repeat of last fall's influx of polar bears.

Polar bears look on at the St. Felicien Wildlife Zoo in St. ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:41:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Polar bears look on at the St. Felicien Wildlife Zoo in St. Felicien, March 5, 2009. According to Environment Canada, Canada is home to approximately 15,000 of the estimated 20,000-25,000 polar bears worldwide. REUTERS/Mathieu Belanger

This undated file photo released by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...

(The Canadian Press) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:30:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - This undated file photo released by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows a sow polar bear resting with her cubs on the pack ice in the Beaufort Sea in northern Alaska. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/U.S. Fish and Wild Life Service, Steve Amstrup, File

Josefa, a 37-year-old female polar bear, eats frozen fishes ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:30:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Josefa, a 37-year-old female polar bear, eats frozen fishes given to her as a birthday treat at her enclosure in the Buenos Aires Zoo October 30, 2009. REUTERS/Enrique Marcarian (ARGENTINA ANIMALS)

Josefa, a 37-year-old female polar bear, licks frozen fishes ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:30:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Josefa, a 37-year-old female polar bear, licks frozen fishes given to her as a birthday treat at her enclosure in the Buenos Aires Zoo October 30, 2009. REUTERS/Enrique Marcarian (ARGENTINA ANIMALS)

Hudson a-two-year-old polar bear, eats a pumpkin at the Brookfield ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:21:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Hudson a-two-year-old polar bear, eats a pumpkin at the Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, Illinois October 28, 2009. Zookeepers fed pumpkins to the zoo's lions, tigers, bears and gorillas, in honor of the upcoming October 31 Halloween holiday. REUTERS/John Gress (UNITED STATES ANIMALS)

Nunavut will lobby against a U.S. proposal to ban the commercial ...

(CBC) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:23:04 GMT

(CBC) - Nunavut will lobby against a U.S. proposal to ban the commercial trade of polar bears in many countries, a move that would affect Inuit sport hunting guides across the North.

Mercedes the polar bear makes her debut public appearance at ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:07:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Mercedes the polar bear makes her debut public appearance at the Highland Wildlife Park in Kingussie, Scotland October 22, 2009. Mercedes, the only polar bear in a UK zoo, was taken to the Wildlife Park on Monday. The polar bear had been at the zoo for 25 years, after being rescued from Canada where she scheduled to be shot after wandering into a local town on numerous occasions. The zoo has been moving animals that are better suited to colder climates to the wildlife park. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne (BRITAIN ANIMALS ENVIRONMENT)

A polar bear sits on the ice in Manitoba, Canada. The United ...

(AFP) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:06:00 GMT

(AFP) - A polar bear sits on the ice in Manitoba, Canada. The United States and Britain insisted Monday they had not given up on securing a deal to tackle climate change at a crunch summit in December after a meeting of major polluting countries in London. Photo:Paul J. Richards/AFP

A polar bear sits on the ice in Manitoba, Canada. Canada aims ...

(AFP) — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 02:42:00 GMT

(AFP) - A polar bear sits on the ice in Manitoba, Canada. Canada aims to reestablish itself as an environmental defender at the UN climate talks in Copenhagen by calling on all major emitters to cut carbon emissions, but distrust lingers as its own emissions soar. Photo:Paul J. Richards/AFP

A polar bear mother and her two cubs in Wapusk National Park ...

(The Canadian Press) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:03:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - A polar bear mother and her two cubs in Wapusk National Park on the shore of Hudson Bay near Churchill, Manitoba. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Jonathan Hayward

Male polar bear Knut rests in his enclosure at Berlin zoo October ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:17:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Male polar bear Knut rests in his enclosure at Berlin zoo October 6, 2009. Giovanna, an almost three-year-old female polar bear, who previously lived in a zoo in Munich, has been chosen to become a partner for Knut, who rose to fame when he was hand reared after his mother rejected him in 2006. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY ANIMALS) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

Male polar bear Knut (R) runs away as female polar bear Giovanna ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:15:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Male polar bear Knut (R) runs away as female polar bear Giovanna plays in their enclosure at Berlin zoo October 6, 2009. The almost three-year-old female polar bear, who previously lived in a zoo in Munich, has been chosen to become a partner for Knut, a male polar bear who rose to fame when he was hand reared after his mother rejected him in 2006. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY ANIMALS) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

Seven-year-old polar bear Commander Sedov shakes off water in ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 10:56:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Seven-year-old polar bear Commander Sedov shakes off water in his pool at the Royev Ruchey zoo while playing with a ball in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, October 4, 2009. Unusually warm weather for this time of the year with temperatures over 20 degrees Celcius (68 degree Fahrenheit) has prompted the bear to spend much of his time in his pool. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin (RUSSIA ENVIRONMENT ANIMALS)

Seven-year-old polar bear Commander Sedov plays with a ball ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 10:48:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Seven-year-old polar bear Commander Sedov plays with a ball in his pool at the Royev Ruchey zoo while playing with a ball in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, October 4, 2009. Unusually warm weather for this time of the year with temperatures over 20 degrees Celcius (68 degree Fahrenheit) has prompted the bear to spend much of his time in his pool. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin (RUSSIA ENVIRONMENT ANIMALS)

Inuit hunters and polar bear biologists remain at odds over ...

(CBC) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 01:04:03 GMT

(CBC) - Inuit hunters and polar bear biologists remain at odds over the true number of polar bears in Nunavut's Baffin Bay region, with opposing views at a public hearing on whether to cut hunting quotas.

Polar bear Giovanna, seen, in an enclosure, at the zoo. Giovanna ...

(The Canadian Press) — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:50:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Polar bear Giovanna, seen, in an enclosure, at the zoo. Giovanna is due to share an enclosure with Berlin's famous polar bear Knut this coming week. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Herbert Knosowski)

Scientific efforts are underway in Nunavut to develop less invasive ...

(CBC) — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:48:42 GMT

(CBC) - Scientific efforts are underway in Nunavut to develop less invasive ways of surveying polar bears, addressing Inuit concerns about the physical handling of bears.

A polar bear stands on a ice flow in Baffin Bay above the arctic ...

(The Canadian Press) — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:30:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - A polar bear stands on a ice flow in Baffin Bay above the arctic circle on July 10, 2008. A new report says Arctic climate change is happening faster than anyone anticipated and may soon be forcing more rapid warming on the rest of the planet. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward