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Svalbard polar bear woken by foghorn, triggering fine worth thousands of dollars for wildlife disturbanceA visitor in Svalbard received a substantial fine for using a foghorn to wake a polar bear. This action unnecessarily disturbed protected w...- In 1924, a couple travelled miles by boat to study Alaska's wildlife on their honeymoon. 18 years later, they reshaped 8.9 million Arctic acres for ecological conservationOlaus and Mardy Murie dedicated their lives to protecting America's wild landscapes. Their research and advocacy significantly influenced c...
- What was so special about Wrangel and St. Paul islands, where Woolly Mammoths survived until their extinction? Scientists revealed the answer two decades agoFor years, scientists believed the last woolly mammoths disappeared because inbreeding and genetic decline made survival impossible. A land...
- Fur traders released Arctic foxes across Alaska's Aleutian Islands in the late 1800s to boost the fur trade, but the predators wiped out millions of nesting seabirds before decades-long eradication campaigns beganA century-old decision to introduce Arctic foxes to Alaska's Aleutian Islands for fur farming led to ecological devastation. These predator...
- Antarctica is in the middle of winter right now. Scientists are worried about a France-sized stretch of ocean where ice is failing to formWinter is the season when Antarctica's frozen edge usually expands. This year, one part of the continent is doing the opposite. Scientists ...
- A tiny Arctic village in Alaska is trying to revive its polar bear tourism industryKaktovik, Alaska, a village near the Arctic Circle, is planning to restart polar bear tourism. The village, which hosted thousands of touri...
- From Ice to Green: How Rising Temperatures Are Reshaping the ArcticThe Arctic is changing. Once a land of snow and ice, it is now turning green. Warmer temperatures are causing plants to grow more. Shrubs a...
- Trump cabinet heads to Alaska to advance gas pipeline, oil drilling plansThe Trump administration dispatched Cabinet members to Alaska, signaling a push for oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and...
- Will there be no ice in the Arctic region in next three years?The Arctic could see its first ice-free summer day by 2027. Scientists project ice-free periods lasting up to 71 days. Melting ice exposes ...
- Polar bears struggling to adapt to longer ice-free Arctic periodsPolar bears in Canada's Hudson Bay risk starvation as climate change lengthens periods without Arctic Sea ice, despite the creatures' willi...
- Cruise Ship that charges $33,000 a person and carrying 206 people stranded in Greenland's Artic, here’s when rescue is expectedA high-end cruise liner, accommodating 206 passengers, has become stranded off the shores of Greenland. The Ocean Explorer, measuring 104.4...
- Arctic may not have any sea ice in the summers by 2030s, reveals studyThe study is published in peer-reviewed British journal Nature Communications and it was conducted by adjusting the models and scaling them...
- World Migratory Bird Day 2023: Date, theme, history, facts about migratory birdsThe World Migratory Bird Day 2023 falls on Saturday, May 13. Here’s all you need to know about it.
- Study says the speed of ice loss is increasing, Earth losing 1.3 trillion tonnes a yearThe researchers noted that ice melt across the globe raises sea levels, increases the risk of flooding to coastal communities, and threaten...
- Donald Trump charts arctic drilling rights sale in likely election rowThe decision sets the stage for the federal government to auction Arctic drilling rights in the final quarter of 2020 -- and a potential co...
- A sneak peek into the life of photographer Ejaz Khan & his wildlife passionEjaz Khan, a Mumbai-born, New York-based fashion photographer, fell for wildlife in 2011.
- Ex-minister Kamal Morarka's book Roar: Asiatic lions, Indian tigers & the wildThe book features rare photographs, like that of the Siberian cranes that travelled to India from the Arctic of Russia.
- India, Russia working actively to save rare wildlife species: Russian environment ministerIndia and Russia are actively working together for protection of rare wildlife species, including tigers and leopards, and a working group,...
- Russia lifts ban on polar bear huntingRussia has lifted the ban on polar bear hunting for the first time since the erstwhile Soviet Union banned the practice in 1957, a move whi...
- Climate change affected over a dozen of species: ReportOver a dozen of animal species like flamingos, musk ox and hawksbill turtle are facing "strange" threats because of climate change, the Wil...
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