Polar Bear Facts

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Polar bear hair study at Assiniboine Park Zoo

Polar bears aren't actually white, and sometimes they can turn green

A rare sighting - a mother polar bear with three cubs! Seeing such a healthy mother bear with plump cubs in the summer is an uncommon sight nowadays. The ice-free period in the summer on the Arctic Ocean is a time of year that is most stressful for polar bears. That period of time has greatly increased in recent decades due to #climatechange . This mother bear had a lucky find, a washed-up whale carcass along the shoreline of the ocean. This opportunity for her will greatly increase the chances