In conservation, the term "flagship species" is used to refer to animals that represent something bigger, like an entire ecosystem. For example, the polar bear represents the Arctic, sea turtles serve ...

Since WCCO first visited Churchill in 1993, the polar bear population here has been cut in half, according to estimates ...

Brrr, January 2025 is bringing some serious chill! 🥶 Dive into the science of the polar vortex and learn what’s behind this unexpected cold snap. Let’s unravel the mystery together! #PolarVortex #Win ...

The Arctic is warming nearly four times faster than the rest of the globe, according to a study published in 2022 in the ...

Photograph by Alex Ingle, Schmidt Ocean Institute That doesn’t really happen when you have a ginormous ice cap suspended above the seafloor. This would prevent phytoplankton blooms, which would ...

small-cap stocks,” Bagga posted on X. Citing the Russell 2000 Index — which tracks smaller publicly traded companies — Bagga highlighted that it had officially entered a bear market ...

Tallinn Zoo welcomed polar bear sisters Skadi and Kaja on Wednesday, and by the next day, they were already exploring, adapting, and playfully settling into their new enclosure. The sisters ...

Small-cap stocks, which were once thought to be primary beneficiaries of President Donald Trump's policies, entered bear market territory on Thursday amid a massive stock market rout that followed ...

The Chicago Bears had a 5-12 record in 2024, which put them at the bottom of the NFC North rankings. But entering the 2025 offseason, the team had the fifth-most salary cap room in the league ...

Are bears getting enough nutrients? As polar bears rely on ice for hunting, the decrease in ice could indicate that mothers are not getting enough nutrients: “If bears are entering the den in ...