Bizarre new predator on the rise in the Arctic

Grizzly-polar bear hybrids are becoming a reality.

The two bears typically don't occupy the same habitats (polar bears, who belong to the species Ursus maritimus, like to hang outnear or in the sea, while grizzlies, a subspecies of brown bear, or Ursus arctos, prefer forests). But as warmer temperatures hit the Arctic circle, there have been increasing sightings of crossovers, Tech Insider reports.


Most recently, a bear was shot in northern Canada that didn't quite fit the polar bear description.
Its head was the same shape as a grizzly bear and its paws were brown, hunter Didji Ishalook told CBC News.