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A polar bear in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. ...

(The Canadian Press) — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:46:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - A polar bear in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Subhankar Banerjee, File

A polar bear is seen in Canada in 2007. Canada's ...

(AFP) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:34:00 GMT

(AFP) - A polar bear is seen in Canada in 2007. Canada's environment minister on Thursday deferred safeguarding this country's iconic polar bear, saying more study of its circumstances and how it could be protected is required. Photo:Paul J. Richards/AFP

A polar bear shakes at St-Felicien Wildlife Zoo in Quebec, March ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:13:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A polar bear shakes at St-Felicien Wildlife Zoo in Quebec, March 6, 2008. REUTERS/Mathieu Belanger

A polar bear sow and two cubs are seen on the Beaufort Sea coast ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:04:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A polar bear sow and two cubs are seen on the Beaufort Sea coast within the 1002 Area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in this undated handout photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. REUTERS/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/Handout

A polar bear is seen in the water during an aerial survey off ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:53:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A polar bear is seen in the water during an aerial survey off the Alaska coast in this photo taken August 15, 2008. Arctic sea ice shrank to its second-lowest level ever, U.S. scientists said on Wednesday, with particular melting in the Chukchi Sea, where polar bears were recently seen swimming far off the Alaskan coast. REUTERS/Geoff York/World Wildlife Fund/Handout (UNITED STATES). NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS.

Norwegian Justice Minister Knut Storberget, seen ...

(AFP) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:21:00 GMT

(AFP) - Norwegian Justice Minister Knut Storberget, seen here in 2007, has joined an exclusive Arctic skinny-dipping club by diving naked into the icy waters off an island near the North Pole, local media reported Wednesday. Photo:Dominique Faget/AFP

A polar bear holds a block of ice. The administration ...

(AFP) — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:43:00 GMT

(AFP) - A polar bear holds a block of ice. The administration of US President George W. Bush has proposed revisions to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) so that the law can not be used to regulate the emission of greenhouse gases Photo:Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP

A combination of pictures shows polar bear Commander Sedov jumping ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:01:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A combination of pictures shows polar bear Commander Sedov jumping into his favourite pool for the first time after maintenance work in a zoo in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk August 5, 2008. Commander Sedov leapt on Tuesday into his favourite pool for the first time in over one month when it re-opened after maintenance work. There are two pools in the outdoor enclosure but the six-year-old polar bear prefers to spend most of his time in the one that was closed for re-painting. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin (RUSSIA)

Polar bear Commander Sedov swims in his favourite pool after ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 08:59:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Polar bear Commander Sedov swims in his favourite pool after maintenance work in a zoo in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk August 5, 2008. Commander Sedov leapt on Tuesday into his favourite pool for the first time in over one month when it re-opened after maintenance work. There are two pools in the outdoor enclosure but the six-year-old polar bear prefers to spend most of his time in the one that was closed for re-painting. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin (RUSSIA)

One of many polar bear alert warning signs posted ...

(AFP) — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:46:00 GMT

(AFP) - One of many polar bear alert warning signs posted inside the town of Churchill, Manitoba, Canada is frosted over, in 2007, at the edge of the Hudson Bay. The world's oldest polar bear, orphaned as a cub in the cold Russian north and raised in captivity, is dying, after thrilling more than 18 million visitors to a Canadian zoo, officials said Friday. Photo:Paul J. Richards/AFP

The Assiniboine Park Zoo's polar bear Debby, famous for being ...

(CBC) — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:19:01 GMT

(CBC) - The Assiniboine Park Zoo's polar bear Debby, famous for being the oldest living polar bear in the world, is dying from age-related medical complications, zoo officials said Thursday.

Commander Sedov, a 6-year-old polar bear, jumps into a pool ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:57:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Commander Sedov, a 6-year-old polar bear, jumps into a pool in the Royev Ruchey municipal zoo in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, July 21, 2008. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin (RUSSIA)

Climate campaigners dressed as polar bears pose ...

(AFP) — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 23:07:00 GMT

(AFP) - Climate campaigners dressed as polar bears pose on the beach to demand that the government cuts carbon dioxide emissions in in Bournemouth, southern England in 2007. British ministries are lagging significantly behind government targets to cut their own carbon emissions, a parliamentary watchdog warned Monday. Photo:Leon Neal/AFP

A polar bear sent dozens of elementary school students racing ...

(CBC) — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:12:02 GMT

(CBC) - A polar bear sent dozens of elementary school students racing for safety before the animal was shot and killed Wednesday morning in a park just outside of Iqaluit.

Swiss air force chief Walter Knutti attends a news conference ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:24:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Swiss air force chief Walter Knutti attends a news conference in Spiez in this picture taken June 13, 2008. The Swiss military announced on Friday that Knutti had resigned after five Swiss soldiers died in a rafting accident on the river Kander June 12. Picture taken June 13, 2008. REUTERS/Michael Buholzer (SWITZERLAND)

Swiss air force chief Walter Knutti speaks to reporters at a ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:20:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Swiss air force chief Walter Knutti speaks to reporters at a news conference in Spiez in this picture taken June 13, 21008. The Swiss military announced on Friday that Knutti had resigned after five Swiss soldiers died in a rafting accident on the river Kander June 12. Picture taken June 13, 2008. REUTERS/Michael Buholzer (SWITZERLAND)

Twin seven-month-old polar bear cubs Arktos and Nanuq (partially ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:06:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Twin seven-month-old polar bear cubs Arktos and Nanuq (partially hidden) play with their mother Olinka at Schoenbrunn Zoo in Vienna June 18, 2008. REUTERS/Herwig Prammer (AUSTRIA)

Twin seven-month-old polar bear cubs Nanuq and Arktos play with ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:03:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Twin seven-month-old polar bear cubs Nanuq and Arktos play with their mother Olinka at Schoenbrunn Zoo in Vienna June 18, 2008. REUTERS/Herwig Prammer (AUSTRIA)

Seven-month-old polar bear cub Nanuq (R) plays with it's mother ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:01:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Seven-month-old polar bear cub Nanuq (R) plays with it's mother Olinka at Schoenbrunn Zoo in Vienna June 18, 2008. REUTERS/Herwig Prammer (AUSTRIA)