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Of honeybees and polar bears: Saving beloved species isn't enough — but it's a good start
In conservation, the term "flagship species" is used to refer to animals that represent something bigger, like an entire ...
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Can Polar Bears Sue? Legal Rights for Non-Human Species
Imagine a world where the polar bear, stranded on a shrinking ice floe, could stand before a court and demand justice for its threatened existence. It sounds almost surreal, even whimsical — yet the ...
Acclaimed photographer details decline of Manitoba's polar bear population
Since WCCO first visited Churchill in 1993, the polar bear population here has been cut in half, according to estimates ...
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Meet the photographer detailing the decline of polar bears in Manitoba, Canada
Don Shelby and a crew from WCCO embarked on a journey to Churchill, Manitoba in Canada. The trip was sparked by this curiosity: How do people and polar bears live side by side in the same town? Thirty ...