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Polar bears waste lots of their energy and it could be a problem

Polar bears waste lots of their energy and it could be a problem

1 February 2018

We thought polar bears had neat tricks for conserving energy in lean periods, but it turns out they are not that thrifty, which could cause them trouble in the future
Polar bear eating eggs

Polar bears shift from seals to bird eggs as Arctic ice melts

12 May 2017

The habitat overlap of polar bears and their main prey, ringed seals, is disappearing and the bears are instead getting closer to nesting birds

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