As a carnivorous animal, you wouldn't expect a polar bear to get excited over fruit and vegetables.

They're usually more concerned with capturing seals than ensuring they receive their five-a-day.

However these inhabitants of Tokyo's Ueno Zoo were determined to get to the fruit and vegetables on offer - even if they were enclosed in blocks of ice. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

Bear Planet is fabulous site (better to say planet) about bears, wild predators, that covers all aspects and attributes for all species of bears with a lot informations and some beautiful and unique cubs photos. You will find all species of bears including Polar Bear along with Grizzly, Brown Bear, Kodiak, Big Bear, American Black bear, Asiatic black bear, Malayan Sun Bear, Sloth Bear, Spectacled ... read full post picked by sharoncreech 3 years ago

Wildlife researchers have found new evidence that Arctic polar bears are being poisoned by chemical compounds. picked by Neiako 3 years ago

With the Arctic ice receding, polar bears are starving, drowning, and even resorting to cannibalism as a result of the lack of access to their normal food sources. picked by muppet 1 year ago

A 32 year-old woman was mauled to death by a captive tiger owned by her boyfriend in western Canada. Reason enough to only date guys who like dogs. picked by BrownTrout 3 years ago

A dozen Asiatic black bears, malnourished and diseased from years spent on abusive bile-harvesting farms in southwest China, were recovering Saturday after being handed over to an animal charity group. The Animals Asia Foundation took in the bears from state-approved farms where holes were cut in their abdomens so that their bile could drip out to be harvested and used in Chinese traditional medi... read full post picked by suebe 10 months ago

A Belfast woman who cared for a baby elephant in her back garden during the war years has finally been identified.

The ‘elephant angel’ was Denise Weston Austin, who was one of the first female zoo keepers in Belfast Zoo.

Update on this post. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

Sweden's Environmental High Court has given the green light to a woman who wants the freedom to smoke in her own garden. Update on this story. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Armed police went into action in the German city of Wuppertal after a woman reported seeing a masked criminal -- but having rushed to the scene, they were surprised to find not a crook, but a large stuffed toy. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

He's only 15 weeks old, but the Berlin Zoo's impossibly cute polar bear cub Knut already has become a sought-after media star in his home city with his own TV show and video podcast, a photo shoot with Annie Leibovitz and a long-awaited public debut scheduled in the coming days.
Update to earlier story about Berlin Zoo picked by suebe 3 years ago

A 22-year old Rhode Island woman tried to conduct a drive-through robbery of a bank while riding in the back of a hired limousine... picked by jokestarter 3 years ago

Malaysian police have arrested a woman in connection with the murder of a man whose body was chopped into 11 pieces and stuffed into a refrigerator in a posh apartment in the capital. Follow up to this story. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Together with the Kodiak bear, polar bears are the largest land animal. Adult males usually weigh between 350 kg and 680 kg (780–1,500 lb) and reach a length of 2.5 m to 3 m (7.9–9.8 ft). Adult females are roughly half that size and weigh between 150 kg and 250 kg (330–550 lb), measuring 1.8 m to 2.5 m (5.9–7.9 ft) in length. Pregnant females, however, can weigh as much as ... read full post picked by Bornbad 3 months ago

A woman who was trafficked across the border from Pakistan with her son, 3, was handed to an Afghan who raped her, then beat the toddler to death as she watched.

He was jailed for 20 years for murder - but the woman, Rukhma, was jailed, too. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Jim Dooley, who succeeded George Halas as head coach of the Bears, died Tuesday, his daughter said. He was 77. Dooley coached the Bears from 1968-71. picked by punthe 2 years ago

A Scottish woman has avoided a prison sentence after she admitted putting dog excrement in her husband's curry. Follow up on this story. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

This submarine surfaces and is graced with the presence of a few visitors! picked by tundramonkey 3 years ago

A 49-year-old woman banned from smoking in her own garden has appealed the decision to the Environmental High Court. Update on this story. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

An 81-year-old German woman driving to a cemetery in her electric wheelchair decided to take a shortcut and drove the wrong way down a motorway. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A Texan woman has dialled 911 because she didn't get enough shrimp in her fried rice. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago