Russia’s Rosneft gives oil barrel-looking toys to zoo-enclosed polar bears
The plastic plaything is aimed to prevent the animals from going nuts in captivity. You might have seen one in
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Which marine mammal is most vulnerable to Arctic vessels?
As the open-water season becomes longer in the Arctic, little is known about how increasing vessel traffic affects marine mammals,
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Blog: About that bear – Why the media keeps getting the Arctic wrong
You’ve all seen it by now: the viral video of an emaciated polar bear on Baffin Island posted by National
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Finland’s foreign policy includes adorable Arctic emojis
FAIRBANKS — Searching for a cute, wry or funny way to text about the Arctic? The Finnish government is on
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Polar bears forced to swim long distances as Arctic ice melts
Scientists are sounding the alarm over the discovery that many polar bears in the Canadian Arctic are making marathon swims of
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Grim outlook for Arctic wildlife in oil spill
In the event of a large oil spill in Alaska’s Arctic, officials say they would have limited ability to clean oiled
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