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White House considers listing polar bears
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Feb 04, 2008 |
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The U.S. Interior Department is considering whether to list the polar bear as an endangered species, it was reported Sunday.
New study changes conditions for Spanish brown bears
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Mar 18, 2008 |
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Brown bears from the Iberian Peninsula are not as genetically different from other brown bears in Europe as was previously thought. An international study being published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of ...
DNA analysis reveals rapid population shift among Pleistocene cave bears
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Feb 19, 2007 |
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Studying DNA obtained from teeth of ancient cave bears, researchers have been able to identify a shift in a particular population of the bears inhabiting a European valley in the late Pleistocene era. The findings illustrate ...
Pa. bear hunt may set record
Nov 18, 2005 |
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Pennsylvania Game Commission officials said this year's black bear season, which opens Monday, is likely to produce some exceptionally large bears.
Hunting males could harm polar bear populations
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Nov 22, 2007 |
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New research by the University of Alberta in Edmonton suggests that current wildlife management practices in Canada could make it harder for polar bears to find mates.
Reducing roads could boost bear population
Oct 30, 2008 |
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Alberta's scant grizzly bear population could grow by up to five per cent a year if fewer logging roads are built in the animals' habitat, according to University of Alberta researchers.
Federal polar bear research critically flawed, says new study
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May 08, 2008 |
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Research done by the U.S. Department of the Interior to determine if global warming threatens the polar bear population is so flawed that it cannot be used to justify listing the polar bear as an endangered species, according ...
French male bears in immediate need of more females
Oct 27, 2009 |
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The population of brown bears (Ursus arctos) in France is now so small that the species might become extinct in the near future. However, there is new hope in the form of new research published October 28 in the open-access, peer-r ...
Researchers to study the status of black bears in Missouri
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Jun 13, 2007 |
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Researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia are studying the status of black bears in Missouri. Black bears were abundant in the state during the 18th and 19th centuries, but have been considered almost extinct in ...
Bears may be back in the Swiss Alps
Jul 27, 2005 |
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Brown bears may have returned to Switzerland, more than 100 years after disappearing from the Swiss Alps.
Two brown bear populations in Spain have been isolated for the past 50 years
Apr 29, 2009 |
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The situation of bears in the Iberian Peninsula is critical. Researchers from the University of Oviedo (UO) and the Superior Council of Scientific Research (SCSR) have performed a genetic identification based ...
Global Warming Reduces Polar Bear Survival
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Nov 15, 2006 |
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Researchers for the first time have shown a connection between global warming and decreased polar bear survival, says a University of Wyoming scientist.
Arkansas reclaims its status as the Bear State
Apr 25, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The bear cub could be heard but remained unseen among the barren trees and dried leaves blanketing the forest floor.
Gov't faces weekend deadline on polar bear rule
May 08, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A decision involving the iconic polar bear could determine whether protecting endangered species might also help save the earth from global warming.
New tracking approach will help protect polar bears
Jun 18, 2009 |
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A new approach to tracking polar bears, developed by Queen's University researchers, will shed more light on the potentially endangered Arctic animal and help boost the economy of Canada's north.
