Bear 2183 on the Polar Bear Tracker is spotted with cubs
A bear we are tracking on the WWF Polar Bear Tracker was recently spotted again in northern Svalbard and we are happy to report that both her cubs are still with her.
New polar bears on the Polar Bear Tracker
The WWF Polar Bear Tracker website is now ‘live’ again and following two new bears and their cubs on the Svalbard archipelago, between Norway and the North Pole.
Killing them softly....Health effects in Arctic wildlife linked to chemical exposures. Full report & summary
In February 2005, WWF highlighted the presence and levels of toxic chemicals in the Arctic. Now, this new report focuses on what is known about actual health problems in arctic mammals and birds linked to chemical exposures.
Polar bears, beluga whales, seals sick from toxics
Growing evidence shows that harmful chemicals are already affecting the health of many Arctic animals, such as polar bears, beluga whales, seals and seabirds, according to a new WWF report.
Fossil fuel addiction driving polar bears to extinction says WWF-Canada
The World Conservation Union (IUCN) released the 2006 Red List of Threatened Species today revealing the ongoing decline of the status of plants and animals. On that list the polar bear has been moved to the threatened category and listed as Vulnerable, and defined as a species that is ‘threatened with global extinction’.
Canada’s western Hudson Bay polar bear population in decline. Climate change to blame.
The polar bear population in Canada’s western Hudson Bay has declined from around 1,200 bears in 1987 to less than 950 bears in 2004, according to the latest research from scientists, part-funded by WWF. The decline is linked to rising temperatures.
Polar Bears vs Climate Change
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has confirmed that human-induced climate change is a reality. It can no longer be dismissed as a theoretical, academic concept nor a politically motivated doomsday prophecy. In the Arctic, climate change impacts will be seen earlier are more dramatically than elsewhere in the world.
US may declare polar bear “threatened”
The US Fish and Wildlife Service has announced that it is opening the formal process to list polar bears as officially "threatened" due to the unprecedented meltdown of their sea-ice habitat caused by global warming.
Polar bear vulnerable
The Polar Bear Specialist Group (PBSG) of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) recently concluded that the IUCN Red List classification of the polar bear should be upgraded from Least Concern to Vulnerable.
Polar bear makes longest recorded swim
Skadi, one of the polar bears we're tracking on the Polar Bear Tracker, has been recorded swimming at least 74km in one day - and maybe more. This is believed to be the first conclusive proof that polar bears cover such a great distance in the water.