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Polar Bear vs Kodiak Bear: 5 Key Differences
The Kodiak Archipelago is located off the coast of Alaska, which places Kodiak bears near polar bears, geographically speaking. However, no other species of bear lives on the Kodiak Islands except ...
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Unalaska runners tackle annual Polar Bear Run in excellent conditions
This year, 21 athletes participated in Unalaska’s annual Polar Bear Run. The 5K race down Summer Bay Road, which took place ...
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Biden Administration Lets Oil Companies Disturb Polar Bears, Walruses in Alaska’s Western Arctic, Beaufort Sea
ANCHORAGE, Alaska— The Biden administration issued a final rule today allowing oil and gas companies operating in the Beaufort Sea and Western Arctic to harass polar bears and Pacific walruses when ...
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Biden Administration Proposes to Allow Oil Companies to Disturb Polar Bears, Walruses in Alaska’s Arctic
ANCHORAGE, Alaska— The Biden administration issued a proposed rule today allowing oil companies operating in the Beaufort Sea and Western Arctic to harass polar bears and Pacific walruses when ...
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Polar bear: icon on ice
Polar bears range across the Arctic Ocean, in parts of Canada, Alaska, Russia, Greenland and Norway (Svalbard). They can walk on ice or swim long distances to find food or breed – sometimes roaming ...
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Using DNA in Footprints to Track Polar Bear Populations
To collect e-DNA from wild polar bears in northern Alaska, we sampled the upper layer of snow (~1 cm) from their footprints. The snow was thawed and filtered to capture DNA—in the form of epidermal ...