A female polar bear swam for a record-breaking nine days straight, traversing 426 miles (687 kilometers) of water—equivalent to the distance between Washington, D.C., and Boston, a new study says.
The predator made her epic journey in the Beaufort Sea, where sea ice is shrinking due to global warming, forcing mother bears to swim greater and greater distances to reach land—to the peril of their cubs via news.nationalgeographic.com]]>
Yellowstone! Had the pleasure of observing this grizzly sow and her cub this May. The snow was deep and the cub was riding on the sow's back as she was rooting through the snow for food. The sow had just caught a rodent and lifted her head to reveal her catch.
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Join photographer Florian Schulz as he seeks to capture a dramatic image of a polar bear.
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A brown bear runs across beach in summer carrying a salmon on the Alaskan Peninsula.
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A mother grizzly bear greets her cub.
Photograph by James Galletto
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What's that Mommy?
This was completed as part of an assignment covering an environmentally threatened species. The motion graphic highlights the continued destruction of polar bear habitat and encourages the viewer to take action.
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With their slightly webbed paws and powerful muscles, polar bears are excellent swimmers. Their favorite meal is seals, but they will eat anything they can catch, even scavenging through garbage in areas where their habitat overlaps with humans.
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Grizzly cubs are unpredictable. At one moment they look at you with their intrigued eyes, and suddenly run away scared by unknown behavior. These two seven-month-old cubs thought that holding hands would make the danger disappear.
via photography.nationalgeographic.com]]>
These wild Alaskan brown bears are a thing of beauty. But keeping them at a safe distance is paramount.
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A pair of newborn red panda cubs pose for the cameras.
She has reached the summit of the very leafy Chinese Elm Tree. The Mona Lisa of Panda shots.
Spycams sneak within a paw’s swipe of the world’s largest land predators - Polar bears. Polar Bear Spy on the Ice gets closer than ever before to these charismatic bears and reveals their astonishing intelligence and curiosity.
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Merry Christmas and happy new year!
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We don't have enough baby polar bears here.
Our Giant Pandas, Wang Wang and Funi, have been in Australia for one year. Listen to Senior Panda Keeper, Simone, talk about the past year and some of the things still to come. Visit www.zoosssa.com.au to find out more.
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