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If you want to see polar bears up close, the place to go is Churchill, Man., on the western shore of Hudson Bay. When the ice breaks up in the summer, the bears come ashore by the hundreds to wait for the autumn refreeze. So it's where tourists and...
But in recent years, another large predator, not quite as big as the polar bear but equally fierce, has been spotted in Wapusk. Although hunters eradicated them from Manitoba more than a 100 years ago, grizzly bears are trickling back and setting the stage for what could be a fascinating...
Some experts have suggested that the grizzlies might not stick around long enough to face off with the polar bears, says Rockwell, but he isn't buying that. The 4,000-plus-sq.-mi. park where hunting is banned is what Rockwell calls a "food mecca" for grizzlies. Wapusk is...
Paradoxically, the intrusion of another top predator could in some ways make life easier for the white bears, says Rockwell. "Polar bears will eat anything they can get their grubby little mouths around," he says. "They'll take flightless geese, seals silly enough to get caught on shore when the...
That same instinct for self-preservation will probably mean there won't be many outright fights between the two species. "If they hadn't evolved behavioral mechanisms to reduce unnecessary aggression, they would be extinct," Rockwell says, adding, "In 41 years in the field, where I sometimes see 200 bears...