Tag: Hudson Bay

May 13, 2022

Wild Cam: ‘Forever chemicals’ affect murre reproduction

Hanging off cliffs a few hundred meters above Hudson Bay made for some great views. The deep blue of the water underneath contrasted with the white rock of the exposed...

October 29, 2021

TWS2021: Climate change may shift seal prey in Arctic

Climate change could change the number and location of fish that seals prey on in Hudson Bay by the end of the century, likely affecting seal populations. Past studies have...

May 28, 2021

Polar bears hunt seals along large cracks in sea ice

Polar bears in western Hudson Bay sometimes follow large, linear cracks in the sea ice while searching for prey. Those large cracks, known as flaw leads, can occur between fast...

December 15, 2020

Subadult polar bears no longer main culprits in human conflicts

Increasing periods of ice-free water on Hudson Bay continue to cause more conflicts between humans and polar bears in northern Manitoba, researchers found, but the main culprits don’t seem to...

August 2, 2019

Watch: Murres dive deep on fishing missions

Rappelling down a 650-foot cliff to catch seabirds on a remote island just below the Arctic Circle was scary enough. “The first time you look over and you rappel over,...