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Researchers find changing environment bringing bear species together

In a just published paper in the peer-reviewed journal Arctic Science, the researchers report they have documented the presence of polar bears, black bears and grizzlies in Wapusk National Park on the west coast of Hudson Bay in northern Manitoba.

Friends to the end? Social cues cause fish to delay survival tactic

Getting into trouble after succumbing to peer pressure isn’t just a human experience.

Crowdsourced Field Data Shows Importance of Smallholder Farms to Global Food Production

A new global field size data set collected as part of a crowdsourcing citizen science project by IIASA researchers has shown that the proportion of smallholder farms may be much larger than previously thought, contributing much more to global food production.

Greenhouse Gas Levels in Atmosphere Break Another Record, UN Report Shows

“The science is clear. Without rapid cuts in CO2 and other greenhouse gases, climate change will have increasingly destructive and irreversible impacts on life on Earth.

Trent Alumnus Finds Burial Site of Franklin Expedition Officer

A Trent alumnus has helped identify the final resting place of human remains from the Franklin Expedition and hopes to soon be able to add to a list of confirmed crew members from the ill-fated search for the Northwest Passage.