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Spring in the Arctic brings forth a plethora of peeps and downy hatchlings as millions of birds gather to raise their young.
Artificial intelligence sea ice forecasting systems could help predict and protect the migration routes of endangered caribou ...
A few years back, a particularly imaginative young boy came into Georgina Berg’s kindergarten class in Churchill, Canada, ...
A Minnesota zoo shared a post on social media giving an update on one of its polar bears after a viral video sparked concerns over the bear’s health. “Neil holds a special place in our hearts, and he ...
My job title is actually “Bear Guard”. Blessed to have met these three on their migration about fifty miles west of Kaktovik, Alaska, near the Beaufort Sea, feeding into the Arctic Ocean.
There, in the remote Inupiat Eskimo village of Kaktovik, he discovered the inspiration that motivated his work and life: polar bears, and devoted nearly two decades to photographing and filming ...
A polar bear near Kaktovik, Alaska. New research reveals how polar bears keep ice off their fur. Alan Wilson via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 3.0 Polar bears don’t have to worry about ...
About 10 years ago, Channel 4 made a similar documentary called Polar Bear Dinner, filmed 1,500 miles to the west in the village of Kaktovik in northern Alaska. They had the opposite problem ...
In the small Alaskan town of Kaktovik, a polar bear named Fat Albert has become a local celebrity. Weighing over 680kg, thanks to a regular diet of whale meat provided by locals, he's the largest ...
That’s made Kaktovik a popular spot for polar bear tourism. The village also has a polar bear patrol, led by village mayor Nathan Gordon Jr., to run the animals out of town when they get too close.