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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Modified link of Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Polar bear energetic and behavioral strategies on land with implications for surviving the ice-free period. | Sep 26, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: One Earth - Why polar bears need sea ice to survive life in the Arctic. | Jun 08, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: WWF - Polar Bears. | Oct 02, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: ODU Digital Commons - Polar Bear Behavior: Morphologic and Physiologic Adaptations (PDF). | Aug 18, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Conservation Science - Determination of polar bear (Ursus maritimus) individual genotype and sex based on DNA extracted from paw-prints in snow. | Jul 07, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cell Press - Cell - Population Genomics Reveal Recent Speciation and Rapid Evolutionary Adaptation in Polar Bears. | May 12, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Mar 20, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Polar bear energetic and behavioral strategies on land with implications for surviving the ice-free period. | Jan 14, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Alaska Department of Fish and Game - Polar Bear. | Jun 01, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Polar Bear. | Apr 19, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Animal Corner - Polar Bear. | Dec 27, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Royal Society Publishing - Conservation status of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in relation to projected sea-ice declines. | Oct 10, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: San Diego Zoo Animals and Plants - Polar Bear. | Aug 08, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Nature Communications - Polar bear energetic and behavioral strategies on land with implications for surviving the ice-free period. | May 20, 2023 | ||
| Added a map of the geographic ranges of living bears. | Sep 23, 2022 | ||
| Noted that the polar bear (Ursus maritimus) shares the title of world's largest carnivore with the Kodiak bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi). | Jun 03, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Live Science - Polar bears: The largest land carnivores. | May 16, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Geographic Kids - 10 facts about polar bears! | May 16, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: San Diego Zoo - Kids - Polar Bear. | Sep 01, 2021 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Apr 22, 2021 | ||
| Deleted videos. | Nov 26, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: A-Z Animals - Polar Bear. | Aug 06, 2019 | ||
| Media added. | Aug 09, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Discovery Kids - Polar Bear. | Jan 27, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: World Wide Fund - Polar Bear. | Jan 27, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment - Polar Bear. | Jan 27, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Kidzworld - Polar Bear Fun Facts! | Jan 27, 2017 | ||
| Media added. | Oct 14, 2016 | ||
| Map depicting the population status of polar bears in 2013 added. | Oct 05, 2015 | ||
| Added videos. | Mar 19, 2015 | ||
| Text changed to address the degree of carnivory practiced by polar bears (Ursus maritimus). | Jan 16, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: Animal Diversity Web - Polar Bear. | May 09, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Polar Bear. | May 09, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: World Association of Zoos and Aquariums - Polar Bear. | May 09, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Wildscreen Arkive - Polar bear. | May 09, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Geographic - Kids - Polar Bear. | Mar 30, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Defenders of Wildlife - Polar Bear. | Aug 20, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: World Wide Fund - Polar Bear. | Aug 09, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: World Wide Fund - Polar Bear. | Aug 09, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Science Kids - Fun Science and Technology for Kids - Polar Bear Facts. | Mar 16, 2012 | ||
| Text mentioning that some models predict increased polar bear starvation and decreased mating success as sea ice fragments added. | May 25, 2010 | ||
| Added new Web site: Extreme Science - The Largest Carnivore on Land - Polar Bears. | Apr 16, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Animal Planet - Polar Bear. | Apr 14, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: National Geographic - Polar Bear. | Sep 04, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Animals - How Polar Bears Work. | May 15, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | May 14, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Polar Bear. | Mar 10, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Oct 31, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: New Hampshire Public Television - NatureWorks - Polar Bear. | Oct 11, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: New Hampshire Public Television - NatureWorks - Polar Bear. | Oct 11, 2007 | ||
| Detail added describing anticipated changes to sea ice and polar bear numbers by 2050. | Oct 04, 2007 | ||
| Media added. | Jul 13, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Polar Bears International. | Sep 14, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: OracleThinkquest - Animals of the Arctic. | Aug 23, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Smithsonian Institution - Arctic Studies Center - Sea Mammals. | Jun 16, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Smithsonian Institution - Arctic Studies Center - Sea Mammals. | Jun 16, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: National Geographic Homework Help. | May 26, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: National Geographic Homework Help. | May 26, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: ThinkQuest - Polar Bear. | May 09, 2006 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Apr 19, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | May 04, 1999 |
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