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Southern Hudson Bay Polar Bear Study 5 Oct 2012 | 09:05 pm
A new study on the polar bears of James Bay by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, funded in part by PBI, will help answer questions about how these bears faring in a warming Arctic. Link: Mo...
Project Polar Bear Contest 1 Oct 2012 | 08:44 pm
Summary Text: Register now: Team up, make a difference & help the bears! Link: Project Polar Bear Contest Link Text: Learn More Image: Weight: -10
The Big Melt 21 Sep 2012 | 07:09 pm
Arctic ice reached historic lows this summer, smashing the previous record set in 2007, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center. The additional ice losses measured roughly the size of Texas...
Can Polar Bears Be Saved? A Conversation with Steven Amstrup 20 Sep 2012 | 09:33 pm
The Indianapolis Prize is the world's leading award for animal conservation … and the 2012 recipient is our chief scientist, Dr. Steven Amstrup, polar bear conservationist and champion of the Arctic....
Biking for Bears 19 Sep 2012 | 06:40 pm
September is Bike Commute Challenge Month and Hunter Veenenam of the Louisville Zoo, one of our Leadership Camp graduates, is using the opportunity draw attention to the "Biking for Bears" alternative...
Starving Female Polar Bear 18 Sep 2012 | 12:02 am
NBC News recently aired a video of a starving female polar bear so desperate for food for herself and her cub that she attacked a male polar bear, trying to steal his seal kill. read more
Polar Bear Champion Steven Amstrup 4 Sep 2012 | 11:32 pm
PBI's Chief Scientist, Dr. Steven C. Amstrup, will receive the 2012 Indianapolis Prize, the world's leading award for animal conservation, in a ceremony in Indianapolis on September 29th. In announcin...
Siku at 39 Weeks 24 Aug 2012 | 09:13 pm
Siku is now 9 months old and weighs 77 kilograms (169 pounds). Siku is doing really well. He has become much better at diving, and now hides some of his favorite toys on the bottom of his little pond...
myActions Teams Reach for Gold 24 Aug 2012 | 12:07 am
They're biking to work. Composting kitchen scraps. Eating less meat. And seeing their actions become habits and a movement grow! read more
Sea Ice Hits New Record Low 22 Aug 2012 | 06:29 pm
Most sea ice experts and enthusiasts check the Arctic sea ice cover daily at this time of year because late August or September is when records are set. The Arctic set a new record this past week for ...
