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Gummy bears that fight plaque

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 25, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (17) | comments 4

The tooth-protecting sugar substitute xylitol has been incorporated into gummy bears to produce a sweet snack that may prevent dental problems. Research published today in the open access journal BMC Oral Health describes how gi ...





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New study changes conditions for Spanish brown bears

Biology /

created Mar 18, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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 ...


Northern brown bears discovered feeding on whitefish runs

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The discovery of brown (grizzly) bears feeding on migrating broad whitefish in a stream in Mackenzie Delta region of the Northwest Territories has researchers advising increased care in petroleum extraction and infrastructure ...


Study: urban black bears 'live fast, die young'

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created Sep 30, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Black bears that live around urban areas weigh more, get pregnant at a younger age, and are more likely to die violent deaths, according to a study by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS).


Governor opposes polar bear protection

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 02, 2007 | popularity 3 / 5 (10) | comments 2

Environmentalists say Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is skating on thin ice with her opposition to efforts to protect polar bears.


Drawing of a cave bear

Cave bears from the Carpathians as omnivorous as modern bears

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jan 07, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Rather than being gentle giants, new research reveals that Pleistocene cave bears, a species which became extinct 20,000 years ago, ate both plants and animals and competed for food with the other contemporary ...


When bears steal human food, mom's not to blame

When bears steal human food, mom's not to blame

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created May 07, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) found that the black bears that become habituated to human food and garbage may not be learning these behaviors exclusively from their mothers, as widely ...


The bear necessities of aging

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created Dec 12, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

According to George Bernard Shaw: “We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing,” but how fast does that aging occur once started" In the case of populations of salmon in Alaska studied by ...


White House considers listing polar bears

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created Feb 04, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The U.S. Interior Department is considering whether to list the polar bear as an endangered species, it was reported Sunday.


Study reveals how Arctic food webs affect mercury in polar bears

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

With growing concerns about the effects of global warming on polar bears, it's increasingly important to understand how other environmental threats, such as mercury pollution, are affecting these magnificent Arctic animals.


Sub-adult Male Polar Bear

Goose eggs may help polar bears weather climate change

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created Dec 15, 2008 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

As polar bears adapt to a warming Arctic—a frozen seascape that cleaves earlier each spring—they may find relief in an unlikely source: snow goose eggs. New calculations show that changes in the timing of ...



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