Polar bear habitat reopens kids pool The Cochrane Polar Bear Habitat is reopening its metre-deep kids pool that features a reinforced window allowing kids and polar bears to swim side by side.

You may have found yourself randomly wondering aboutUrsus maritimus, Latin for "sea bear," more commonly known as polar bears. The furry mammals are stellar swimmers and can be found in the cold ...

Polar bears hold the title of the largest carnivorous land mammals on the planet. They typically measure between seven to eight feet in length. Males are significantly larger than females, with large ...

For the polar bear blubber experiment, you need a bowl of ice water, Crisco, two gallon zipper bags and tape. Ice water is cold to the touch. Fill a zip top bag with Crisco. Put your hand in the ...

Polar bears face a number of threats to their survival: As their sea ice habitat dwindles in the face of climate change, and polar bear cubs perish during arduous swims in the open ocean, lawyers ...

SEATTLE — In what would be the largest habitat zone ever established in the U.S. to protect a species from extinction, the federal government on Thursday proposed designating 200,541 square miles on ...

When we put out the call for kids to draw Nora, the famous polar bear who lived at the Oregon Zoo for a year, we weren't sure what we'd get. Ten entries? Twenty? One hundred? Turns out we got about ...

WASHINGTON (CN) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposes to designate 200,000 square miles of Alaska and adjacent ocean as critical habitat for the endangered polar bear. The agency listed the ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service followed the law when it designated more than 187,000 square miles — an area larger than California — as critical habitat for threatened polar ...

The Obama administration is setting aside 187,000 square miles in Alaska as a "critical habitat" for polar bears, an action that could add restrictions to future offshore drilling for oil and gas. The ...

ANCHORAGE — The federal government will designate “critical habitat” for polar bears off Alaska’s coast, a decision that could add restrictions to future offshore petroleum exploration or drilling.

Thirteen US House members asked Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar to consider economic and energy security consequences of adopting a US Fish and Wildlife Service recommendation proposal to place ...