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Polar bear news: 1st fat bear ashore in WHB, trouble in S. Greenland, and...
Last week, among other events, the first fat polar bear of the season was photographed on shore in Western Hudson Bay, a fat bear was run out of town in South Greenland, and media outlets spread...
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Five facts that challenge polar bear hybridization nonsense
It was inevitable, I suppose, that the putative hybrid shot in Arviat, Nunavut last week (see my post here) would initiate the global warming blame game. Washington Post, 23 May 2016, Adam Popescu:...
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Polar bear hybrid update: samples sent for DNA testing to rule out blonde...
That putative polar bear hybrid shot in Arviat last week has been sent for DNA testing. Just out from NunatsiaqOnline (24 May 2016): Nunavut biologist sends possible “grolar” bear DNA for analysis:...
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Most polar bear hybrids said to exist have not been confirmed by DNA testing
Although there are only two confirmed polar bear X grizzly hybrids (see recent posts here and here) – one in 2006 and a 2nd generation back cross in 2010 – there have been a few other unconfirmed...
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Terrestrial food fight amongst polar bear researchers reflects political...
With a few big guns on one side and some fringe folk on the other, a dichotomy of opinion has developed amongst polar bear researchers regarding whether or not consumption of land-based foods is making...
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BREAKING: DNA results prove so-called polar bear hybrid was a blonde grizzly
All the hubris last month about polar bear x grizzly hybrids, based on an unusual-looking bear killed near Arviat, has turned out to be wishful thinking by those who’d like to blame everything to do...
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EATEN the movie – what are the odds?
Could polar bears trump sharks at the theatre? Does the fact that unlike sharks, polar bears make house calls, give it better odds than most? Take a walk down memory lane and give some thought to what...
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New Scientist prints a more reasoned polar bear article but myths persist
New Scientist has an article coming out next week takes a fairly reasoned approach to the polar bear conservation issue. It acknowledges that polar bear numbers have not declined in recent years even...
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Grizzly spotted on Western Hudson Bay shore but there are no polar bears on...
On 28 May last week a big grizzly (probably a male) was spotted on the shore of Wapusk National Park just south of Churchill, Manitoba but unless he heads out onto the sea ice, he has no chance of...
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Grizzlies vs. grizzly X polar bear hybrids by appearance alone: a photo essay
Hybridization with grizzlies comes up repeatedly in genetic studies that aim to zero in on polar bear origins and is one of the issues I explore in detail in my upcoming new book, Polar Bear...
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