Recently, advancements have allowed male polar bears to be tracked using battery-operated ear tags. On the Polar Bears International website, we can watch live tracking of polar bears every winter while they are on the ice.

Unfortunately, Churchill’s polar bears are under threat from climate change. Biologists with the University of Toronto and Polar Bears International, a non-profit conservation organization, recently reported that polar bears living in the Western Hudson Bay region could experience reproductive failure by 2060 as the sea ice disappears. By 2100—without dramatic intervention—the population could collapse entirely. Find out more about polar bear conservation and learn how you can help!