The team investigated a total of 130 polar bear paw prints and was able to successfully isolate DNA from 46 percent of them. In a second paper, published in the same journal this week, a different ...

A video shared on social media in mid-November 2024 authentically showed a boat crew rescuing a polar bear cub. Rating: Fake ...

1. Von Duyke AL, Crawford JA, Quakenbush L, Adams JR, and Waits LP (2023) Determination of polar bear (Ursus maritimus) individual genotype and sex based on DNA extracted from paw-prints in snow.

While surveying the health of two polar bear populations, researchers found lacerations, hair loss, ice buildup and skin ulcerations primarily affecting the feet of adult bears as well as other parts ...