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Polar bear. The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is a large bear native to the Arctic and nearby areas. It is closely related to the brown bear, and the two species can interbreed. The polar bear is the largest extant species of bear and land carnivore, with adult males weighing 300–800 kg (660–1,760 lb). The species is sexually dimorphic, as ...
The spirit bear, sometimes called the kermode bear (Ursus americanus kermodei), is a subspecies of the American black bear and lives in the Central and North Coast regions of British Columbia, Canada. [2] It is the official provincial mammal of British Columbia and symbol of Terrace, British Columbia. [3][4] While most Kermode bears are black ...
Knut (polar bear) Knut (German pronunciation: [ˈknuːt] ⓘ; 5 December 2006 – 19 March 2011) was an orphaned polar bear born in captivity at the Berlin Zoological Garden. Rejected by his mother at birth, he was raised by zookeepers. He was the first polar bear cub to survive past infancy at the Berlin Zoo in more than 30 years.
July 23, 2024 at 9:00 AM. Shutterstock/Ondrej Prosicky. Located in Winkhill, United Kingdom, Peak Wildlife Park is one of the UK's most beloved zoos. With a focus on conservation and education ...
Gus (bear) Gus (1985–August 27, 2013) was a 700-pound (320 kg) [1][2] polar bear and icon of the Central Park Zoo in New York City. [3] His exhibit was visited by over 20 million people during his lifetime. [3][4] He came to public notice in the 1990s, when he began swimming obsessively in his pool for up to 12 hours a day.
A grizzly-polar-bear-hybrid (also named grolar bear, pizzly bear, zebra bear, [1][2] grizzlar, or nanulak) is a rare ursid hybrid that has occurred both in captivity and in the wild. In 2006, the occurrence of this hybrid in nature was confirmed by testing the DNA of a unique-looking bear who had been shot near Sachs Harbour, Northwest ...
This is one of the largest polar bear enclosures in the world and one of the few zoos to house the species in the UK as of 2020. In 2021, the Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre was converted into a Project Polar 2. The two-part exhibit houses female Polar Bear Flocke and one of her three cubs, Tala. (The other two cubs from Flocke are Indy and ...
The key danger for polar bears posed by the effects of climate change is malnutrition or starvation due to habitat loss.Polar bears hunt seals from a platform of sea ice. Rising temperatures cause the sea ice to melt earlier in the year, driving the bears to shore before they have built sufficient fat reserves to survive the period of scarce food in the late summer and early fall.