I just ordered the coolest polar bear calendar for 2010. WOOT! David M. Booth, my good friend and partner on Cartoons: Polar Bear News has created an incredible set of calendars that includes some of his wonderful cartoons. I wanted to post a cover photo of the calendars but, due to technical difficulties, I can’t upload [...]

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I just saw a sneak preview of the incredible film Ice Bears of the Beaufort. It took director Arthur C. Smith 5 years to make the film which showcases critical polar bear habitat which is endangered by efforts to drill for oil. Photo from the award-winning Alaskan documentary, ‘Ice Bears of the Beaufort‘ ©2008 Arthur [...]

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Following Chinese tradition, the San Diego Zoo, waited for the baby panda to be 100 days old then gave him a name. The name chosen out of over 6,300 suggestions is Yun Zi (YUHN’-zih), which is Chinese for “Son of Cloud.” Here’s a photo of the ceremony naming 3-month-old Yun Zi… . Bear hugs, Frankie Giant Pandas: Cute, [...]

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Following Chinese tradition, the San Diego Zoo, waited for the baby panda to be 100 days old then gave him a name. The name chosen out of over 6,300 suggestions is Yun Zi (YUHN’-zih), which is Chinese for “Son of Cloud.” Here’s a photo of the ceremony naming 3-month-old Yun Zi… . Bear hugs, Frankie Giant Pandas: Cute, [...]

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Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell continues the fight against the federal government’s expanded protection for polar bears like his predecessor, Sarah Palin. Saying it will get in the way of the state’s continued prosperity, the governor claims groups are using the protections as “a land use planning tool” instead of species protection. Attorney, Kassie Siegel, of Center [...]

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Seems that all of the female bears at the Leipzig Zoo in Germany have gone bald. The zoo is working to solve the problem. Below is a photo of Dolores sans hair. Photo: Picture Allianace/DPAPhotoshot For more photos, click Spectacled Bears Here is what Dolores looked like before loosing her hair: With winter coming, the bear’s coats usually thicken [...]

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The Associated Press reports: “Summer sea ice last year shrunk to a record low, about 1.65 million square miles in September, nearly 40% less than the long-term average between 1979 and 2000 and most climate modelers predict a continued downward spiral, possibly with an Arctic Ocean that’s ice free during summer months by 2030 or sooner.” The [...]

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Yellowstone’s grizzles have had their endangered species protections renewed. WOOT! A judge ruled that when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service removed Yellowstone’s grizzles from the endangered species in 2007 they violated the law. According to NRDC, …”the Fish and Wildlife Service failed to consider how the drastic decline in whitebark pine trees, a major [...]

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Yellowstone’s grizzles have had their endangered species protections renewed. WOOT! A judge ruled that when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service removed Yellowstone’s grizzles from the endangered species in 2007 they violated the law. According to NRDC, …”the Fish and Wildlife Service failed to consider how the drastic decline in whitebark pine trees, a major [...]

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BBC naturalist Chris Packham says that giant pandas are only being saved because they are cute. He says they are a weak species and the money spent on saving them could be better spent on stronger species. As you can imagine this has caused quite a stir all over the world. Photo: popfatticus/Flickr Although the panda is [...]

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