Source: Atlas Obscura On the central and northern coast of British Columbia is a vast and pristine wilderness. Prowling within this wooded swath of earth is the rare Kermode Bear. Often referred to as spirit bears, the Kermode is not a Polar Bear… Click here to read more The post Spirit

Author: Kim Wong-Shing / Source: did you know? It is a scary world out there. The seas are rising. Polar bears are dying. The fish are disappearing, and the bees, and the… I need to lie down. But here is some good news: benevolent robots might just help us save the coral reefs. The world’s coral

Author: Matthew Taub / Source: Atlas Obscura Polar bears need ice, because ice leads them to seals, and seals are their favorite. But as soon as 2040, the warming Arctic is going to be ice-free for longer periods each year, and polar bears will have to turn to alternative sources of nourishment

Author: Susan Milius / Source: Science News Female polar bears prowling springtime sea ice have extreme weight swings, some losing more than 10 percent of their body mass in just over a week. And the beginnings of bear video blogging help explain why. An ambitious study of polar bears (Ursus

Author: Philip Perry / Source: Big Think On the second ever Earth Day in 1971, the Ad Council—responsible for public service announcements, along with the nonprofit Keep America Beautiful, put out an ad called, “People Start Pollution, People Can Stop It.” It became popularly known as “The Crying