BBC News - Grizzlies encroach on polar bear territory
source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8531647.stm
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The researchers first spotted a grizzly bear (Ursus arctos ) in August 2008.
"The first time we saw a grizzly we were flying over the middle of Wapusk, counting fox dens," explained CUNY's Professor Robert Rockwell, who is also a research fellow at the American Museum of Natural History.
Since then they have examined the records and found no evidence of grizzly bears before 1996. Between 1996 and 2008 they found nine confirmed sightings. In the summer of 2009, three more were spotted.
The data has been published in Canadian Field-Naturalist.
"The first time we saw a grizzly we were flying over the middle of Wapusk, counting fox dens," explained CUNY's Professor Robert Rockwell, who is also a research fellow at the American Museum of Natural History.
Since then they have examined the records and found no evidence of grizzly bears before 1996. Between 1996 and 2008 they found nine confirmed sightings. In the summer of 2009, three more were spotted.
The data has been published in Canadian Field-Naturalist.
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