News and publications about polar bears
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US to recognize polar bear as threatened
Global warming to push polar bear onto US Endangered Species Act?
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Polar bear populations on the decline
Declining populations of polar bears indicate that the entire Arctic is under immense stress as a ...
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Banrock bear boost
An Australian wine company is part-funding WWF’s polar bear conservation work on Svalbard in the ...
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:: Radio programme - The polar bear dilemma ::
Margaret Williams, director of the WWF's Bering Sea region programme in Alaska, and Steve Heimel ...
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Polar bear work media coverage
ABC News in the US and Channel 7 in Australia recently visited Hudson Bay, Canada with WWF’s Tonje ...
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New names for polar bears: Sola and Yume!
WWF’s International Arctic Programme linked up with WWF-Japan this year to invite youngsters from ...
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Polar bear groups on patrol in Russia’s northeast
In an effort to reduce human-wildlife conflict in Russia’s northeast, locals are taking matters ...
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Bear 2183 on the Polar Bear Tracker is spotted with cubs
A bear we are tracking on the WWF Polar Bear Tracker was recently spotted again in northern ...
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New polar bears on the Polar Bear Tracker
The WWF Polar Bear Tracker website is now ‘live’ again and following two new bears and their cubs ...
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Killing them softly....Health effects in Arctic wildlife linked to chemical exposures. Full report & summary
In February 2005, WWF highlighted the presence and levels of toxic chemicals in the Arctic. Now, ...
Factsheets
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What WWF is doing for polar bears
Polar bears, the charismatic icon of the Arctic environment, have long been a focus in WWF’s on-the-ground research and conservation projects in the ...
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Polar Bear factsheet
WWF knows polar bear issues. We have a polar bear scientist on staff who leads our global polar bear programme, as well as staff in field offices ...
