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A female polar bear swam for a record-breaking nine days straight, traversing 426 miles (687 kilometers) of water—equivalent to the distance between Washington, D.C., and Boston, a new study says.

The predator made her epic journey in the Beaufort Sea, where sea ice is shrinking due to global warming, forcing mother bears to swim greater and greater distances to reach land—to the peril of their cubs

via news.nationalgeographic.com

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Yellowstone! Had the pleasure of observing this grizzly sow and her cub this May. The snow was deep and the cub was riding on the sow's back as she was rooting through the snow for food. The sow had just caught a rodent and lifted her head to reveal her catch.

via on.natgeo.com

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Join photographer Florian Schulz as he seeks to capture a dramatic image of a polar bear.

Click here to see the video: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/07/polar-bears/polar-bear-video

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Cougar versus baby bear.

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Photo by: Cyndi

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A brown bear runs across beach in summer carrying a salmon on the Alaskan Peninsula.

Photograph by Alaska Stock/National Geographic

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A mother grizzly bear greets her cub.

Photograph by James Galletto

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Twins panda babies, kaihin and Youhin, at Adventure World, Nanki-Shirahama, Wakayama, JAPAN

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What's that Mommy?

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Baby pandas at Chengdu, China

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This was completed as part of an assignment covering an environmentally threatened species. The motion graphic highlights the continued destruction of polar bear habitat and encourages the viewer to take action.

via visualoop from jeffrey on Vimeo

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via www.spiegel.de

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With their slightly webbed paws and powerful muscles, polar bears are excellent swimmers. Their favorite meal is seals, but they will eat anything they can catch, even scavenging through garbage in areas where their habitat overlaps with humans.

via animals.nationalgeographic.com

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Grizzly cubs are unpredictable. At one moment they look at you with their intrigued eyes, and suddenly run away scared by unknown behavior. These two seven-month-old cubs thought that holding hands would make the danger disappear.

via photography.nationalgeographic.com

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These wild Alaskan brown bears are a thing of beauty. But keeping them at a safe distance is paramount.

via nationalgeographic.com

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Mei Xiang panda tumbling at the National Zoo, DC.

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Playful baby pandas fighting

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A pair of newborn red panda cubs pose for the cameras.

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Look at the Face

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She has reached the summit of the very leafy Chinese Elm Tree. The Mona Lisa of Panda shots.

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