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20 Jun 2024

Grolar bear hybrids in N.W.T. all traced back to same ‘strange’ female polar bear

Author: admintech | Filed under: Finance/ Money
A bear that appears to be a light brown colour, with dark spots around her eyes and a darker brown stripe running down her back

A recently-published study examined samples from more than 800 polar bears and grizzlies in Canada, Alaska and Greenland. To researchers’ surprise, a family of bears in the N.W.T. were the only hybrids detected — meaning hybridization is rare. But it is expected to happen more often.