Mastodawn

Seals risk death by polar bear for a varied meal, study finds https://phys.org/news/2026-03-death-polar-varied-meal.html 🐻‍❄️ #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Science #PolarBear #Seals #Pinnipeds

Seals risk death by polar bear for a varied meal, study finds

As climate change reshapes Arctic food webs, ringed seals will swim into risky polar bear territory if the menu is varied enough. This is the central finding of a new study published in Ecology Letters. UBC researchers tracked 26 ringed seals and 39 polar bears in eastern Hudson Bay, using GPS and dive information to analyze how the animals found, and avoided becoming, food.

Phys.org

CBC Calgary 1d ago

New polar bear arrives at Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo
The Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo is once again home to two polar bears, after 20-year-old Yellé arrived Tuesday from a Quebec zoo.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/new-polar-bear-arrives-at-wilder-institute-calgary-zoo-9.7133300?cmp=rss

Carolyn 2d ago

A bit of trivia I learned: bite force of a polar bear is 1200psi. Compare with the measly human value of 120-160psi. Don't get in a chomping battle with a polar bear. 😀

#PolarBear #TorontoZoo #JPegsFolder

Nikolas Kozloff Mar 8

Sounds like #bowhead #whales could solve the #paradox of #Gilgamesh, and we should all join the #ConeyIsland #polarbear club
https://www.ecoticias.com/en/an-american-study-shows-that-humans-could-live-up-to-200-years-if-its-method-were-applied/28375/ #longevity #science #whales

An American study shows that humans could live up to 200 years if its method were applied

U.S. scientists uncover a DNA repair protein that could one day push human lifespan far beyond 100 years.

ECOticias.com

Carolyn Mar 6

#PolarBear #TorontoZoo #JPegsFolder

Carolyn Mar 6

A reminder: if my digging through old jpegs is too much, mute my #JPegsFolder hashtag.

#PolarBear #TorontoZoo #JPegsFolder

Hibipix Mar 5

Photo by Wouter van Hofwegen (Netherlands) — Natural World and Wildlife | Sony World Photography Awards 2026

Source: https://petapixel.com/2026/02/16/all-130-sony-world-photography-awards-open-competition-winners/
#arctic #animal #wildlife #bear #polarbear #eisbär #ours #oursblanc #ursopolar #ice

HutchBear ➡️ TFF '26 Mar 5

I just like to skinny dip sometimes. Or I guess... chunky dunk. Massive splash? #fatfur #ass #blubber #butt #polarbear YCH by @[email protected]

Art History Animalia Feb 27

For #InternationalPolarBearDay on #FabricFriday 🐻‍❄️:
Fabric Sample (with #PolarBear design)
Beith, Stevenson & Co, Manchester, 1911
printed cotton, W 65.4 x L 76.2 cm
V & A Museum T.304-2002:
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O73537/fabric-sample-beith-stevenson/

Art History Animalia Feb 27

For #InternationalPolarBearDay 🐻‍❄️:
Alexander Akeya (Aayanga) (Siberian Yupik [Savoonga, St. Lawrence Island], 1928-2011)
Figure of #PolarBear and Cub, c.1975
Sculpture: ivory & paint, 8.3 x 3.3 x 5 cm.
Smithsonian NMAI 26/2541 https://americanindian.si.edu/collections-search/object/NMAI_278653
#IndigenousArt