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Can Polar Bears Sue? Legal Rights for Non-Human Species

August 5, 2025

Imagine a world where the polar bear, stranded on a shrinking ice floe, could stand before a court and demand justice for its threatened existence. It sounds almost surreal, even whimsical — yet the question strikes at the heart of how we value the lives of other species. Can animals like polar bears have legal ...

New Finding Shows that All Polar-Grizzly Hybrids (Grolar Bears) Trace Back to Same Female Polar Bear from 1989

April 18, 2025

Linnea H, BSc Sociology

A family of polar and grizzly bear hybrids, or grolars, in Canada’s western Arctic — which all started with a “pretty strange” female polar bear — is “quite rare,” according to a new study. Genetic Sequencing Sheds Light on Hybrid Bears The research paper, published in the journal Conservation Genetics Resources, used a new tool ...

Can Polar Bears Sue? Legal Rights for Non-Human Species

New Finding Shows that All Polar-Grizzly Hybrids (Grolar Bears) Trace Back to Same Female Polar Bear from 1989

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