Focusing on Walruses, Caribou, and Polar Bears, this documentary shows the wonders of the Arctic on IMAX 3D with a story of struggle and tenacity in a rapidly shrinking landscape.

In light of the threats from climate change, one might assume that U.S. policy-makers would aim for a holistic approach towards protecting of polar bears, but instead, they’ve chosen to take that option off the table.

Inspired by the underground network of dens dug by polar bears, this project envisions a new kind of “polar architecture” that uses robotics and ice as the building material.

Two misfortunate advertising campaigns from Argentina use polar bears and tackiness to promote air conditioning.

photo: James Seith Photography via flickr

Back in 2004 there were only about 936 polar bears in the Western Hudson Bay part of Manitoba. Now researchers say that the increasing length of the ice-free season in the region means that a tipping point will soon be reached, which means the polar bears will decline over the next 30 years to a point where too few remain to sustain a viable breeding population. …Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Yes, a kid under the age of 10 can probably draw a polar bear better than you. This Friday is Endangered Species Day, organized by the United States Congress. To bring attention to the occasion and the plight of threatened animals in their area, students from kindergarten through 12th grade all over the U.S. submitted their best sketches, paintings, collages, and other artwork.

From California foxes and Alaska polar bears to east coast piping plovers and Arizona jagua…Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Some communities in Alaska are finding that the once-permanent but now receding Arctic sea ice is stranding some unwelcome visitors – of the polar bear kind. Researchers recently found that disappearing sea ice habitat (which is preferred by polar bears) is leading to unprecedented numbers of polar bears stressed out, stranded on land and wandering into human territory that they once avoided. To deal with the problem…Read the full story on TreeHugger

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File this one under ‘Slow News Friday’, I guess. Maybe the AFP got sick of all of the nasty oil slick news and the headache-inducing climate bill developments — so the news agency filed this report about how ex-Russian president Vladimir Putin loves polar bears. Guess the AFP thinks there’s something funny about the fact that the same leader that’s gone to lengths to craft a steely image on his ex-…Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Perhaps it’s because humans sit at the top of the food chain, or maybe it’s that big predators so capture the imagination, but much of the attention given to the web of predators and prey focuses on this upper edge—the polar bears, the tigers, the wolves.

If the residents of an ecosystem piled into a pyramid, these predators would be at the peak and <a href="http://www.treehugger.com/fi…Read the full story on TreeHugger

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They’re really whipping through the endangered species over there at the UN’s Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species–after deciding that it wasn’t worth restricting trade on polar bears, sharks, and the extremely vulnerable and critically endangered bluefin tuna, CITES has moved on to pink and red coral. The EU and the US motioned to simply monitor th…Read the full story on TreeHugger