Tag: Polar bears

Oil and gas exploration in Alaska’s North Slope would disturb fewer maternal denning polar bear mothers if start times are delayed during bear maternal denning periods and if den distribution...

A tool that oil companies use to try to avoid harming or disturbing polar bears (Ursus maritimus) may not detect the bears in their dens as well as they were...

The Journal of Wildlife Management is a benefit of membership in The Wildlife Society. Published eight times annually, it is one of the world’s leading scientific journals covering wildlife science, management...

Polar bears and grizzlies in the Arctic are scaring snow geese from their nests to consume their eggs, leaving a clear path for gulls and ravens to prey on their...

With declines in sea ice that polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in the arctic require to subsist, researchers have seen accounts of bears traveling farther north. But what do these longer...

The images of Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes’ Tony the Tiger, Cheetos’ Chester Cheetah and Toys R Us’ Geoffrey the Giraffe surround us all the time. But how does the widespread presence...

As a member of The Wildlife Society you can now easily read the full text of the most talked about papers from the Journal of Wildlife Management and the Wildlife...

TWS member Bruce Marcot has been at the forefront of researching climate change impacts on at-risk species for decades. Last week, he was honored for his work, which helped secure...

For years, the polar bear (Ursus maritimus) has been the posterchild of climate change, but recent research reveals that the species also faces a serious threat from a host of...

Polar bears in the Chuchki Sea have been spending more and more time on land than they were a few decades ago, according to a new study. “They are spending...