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Spirit Bear Videos: A Look into Lives of Peace and Harmony
According to legend, Raven went among the black bears and promised that every 10th bear cub would be born white as a reminder of the time when the world was pure and clean and
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Majestic Spirit Bears of British Columbia
“As our trip was coming to its conclusion, the captain of our sailing boat, the Island Odyssey, passed around a ‘talking feather’ so each guest could make comments about what they enjoyed most during
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Wildlife Photo of the Week: Black Bear Triplets
Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we selected the three bears. Photographer Heather Reid stumbled upon this family of black
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Wildlife Photo of the Week: Black Bears Nursing
Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we selected black bears in the Great Smoky Mountains. Photographer Robert Strickland captured the
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White, Wild Animals and Why Difference Shouldn’t Be Wrong
A framed photo that hung on a wall of my grandfather’s large dining room is one of my earliest memories. Sepia-toned, it depicted a herd of deer, taken in Wisconsin’s Northwoods, near Boulder Junction.
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Drones: Wildlife Difficulty or Poaching Deterrent?
Drones have become popular conservation tools. The Bureau of Land Management, the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Geological Survey have all used unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to monitor wildlife populations or to
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Contrary World: Science Education, Pipelines and Wildlife
Now, when I wake up in the mornings, I feel as if I’m just about to step foot into a truly either-or, binary-only, black-or-white, contrary world; a world where every advance forward in science
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Bears Are Outsmarting Us, and It Might Kill Them
We all love our national parks. They are our places of solace and refuge; of natural beauty and outdoor adventure. They afford us the chance to get close to what’s left of what is
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