Archive for ‘polar bears’
Polar Bear Sees Double
February 1st, 2008
Germany’s polar bear cub Flocke is enamored with her own reflection in the mirror. The cute cub is almost five-weeks old.
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Senators fault delay in bear protection
January 30th, 2008
A decision on whether to protect Alaska’s polar bears under the Endangered Species Act might not come before the government opens a major bear habitat to oil leases next week, although staff recommendations are completed, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service chief said Wednesday.
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Polar Bear Controversy
January 28th, 2008
Why is the government considering polar bears for the endangered species list while their population approaches an all-time high? Climate change may be to blame.
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A polar bear cub named “Flocke”
January 19th, 2008
Nuremberg zoo received over 50.000 name suggestions sent from around the world for the five-week-old polar bear cub that was taken from her moth Vera after keepers feared that it might come to harm. (The mother was seen walking around her compound with the live cub in her mouth, dropping it on the…
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German polar bear cub gets the name Flocke
January 18th, 2008
A female polar bear cub that has become Germany’s latest animal attraction has been named Flocke, or “flake” as in snow flake, officials in the southern city of Nuremberg Friday.
Popularity: 4%
Baby Polar Bear Gets Check-up
January 14th, 2008
The four-week-old polar bear cub who was taken from his mother at the Nuremburg zoo in Germany is being hand-fed and given check-ups regularly as it is raised by humans.
Popularity: 5%
Decision on listing polar bear postponed
January 8th, 2008
Federal officials said Monday that they will need a few more weeks to decide whether polar bears need protection under the Endangered Species Act because of global warming.
Popularity: 3%
“New Knuts” vanish at German zoo
January 7th, 2008
Two polar-bear cubs which had been hailed as the successors to Knut, a white Berlin cub shown worldwide last year on TV, suddenly vanished Monday in their zoo den.
Popularity: 3%
Knut: the movie?
January 3rd, 2008
Berlin Zoo says it has received an offer from Hollywood producer Ash R. Shah to buy the movie rights to Knut’s story to make a film in the style of “Shrek” or “Finding Nemo”. The polar bear was abandoned by his mother before capturing the hearts of the public across the world.
Popularity: 3%
Alaskan sea drilling plans criticized
January 3rd, 2008
The federal government will open up nearly 46,000 square miles off Alaska’s northwest coast to petroleum leases next month, a decision condemned by enviromental groups that contend the industrial activity will harm northern marine mammals.
Popularity: 4%
At risk in Arctic, “polar bears” thrive in Bali
December 9th, 2007
Under threat from a thaw of Arctic sea ice, polar bears seem to be having a population explosion at U.N. climate talks on the tropical island of Bali.
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Polar Bear Knut Celebrates His First Birthday
December 5th, 2007
Internationally famous polar bear Knut celebrates his first birthday at the Berlin Zoo.
Popularity: 4%
Polar bear cub still wows German crowds
March 28th, 2007
handler and Knut coming out of den]Knut is still drawing huge crowds at the Berlin zoo. He’s the little polar bear cub who …
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Celebrating Easter with cute Knut
March 28th, 2007
Even the Easter holiday couldn’t keep crowds away from the cute Knut (Ka-Nute) at the Berlin Zoo.Fans of the baby polar bear flock …
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Cute Knut makes public debut
March 23rd, 2007
Not everyone is watching a new member of the Berlin Zoo family adoringly like these people.
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