Polar Bears Don’t Go Into Hibernation-Like State in Summer, Researchers Say



By JAMES GORMAN

It was long thought that polar bears’ body temperatures dropped to conserve energy during lean summers, but a multiyear study in the Beaufort Sea found no evidence of such a change.

Published: July 17, 2015 at 02:00AM

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