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 8 months ago

Amongst other things, The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife keep track of the Black Bear population. This includes checking the health and well being of hibernating bears in their dens.

This site provides a photo record of one such health check.

More info on MDIFW activity here picked by pocksucket 3 months ago

Three Chicago suburbs called emergency meetings to temporarily lift public smoking bans after bar owners asserted that the bans caused business to decline during the Bears' playoff run. picked by Wingnut 2 years ago

The Chicago Bears reached a preliminary agreement to trade running back Thomas Jones to the New York Jets for a second-round draft pick.

J-E-T-S... JETS JETS JETS picked by ImNotBlue 1 year ago

Wildlife researchers have found new evidence that Arctic polar bears are being poisoned by chemical compounds. picked by Neiako 1 year 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 1 year ago

A retired Anchorage science teacher has turned his backyard into a haven for grizzly bears. "Actually, it's a sickness I have," he admitted tearfully, and some friends agree he has a death wish. picked by VooDooPeacock 1 year ago

This year, as usual, the NFL ordered 288 T-shirts and caps depicting the Indianapolis Colts as the winner of Super Bowl XLI.

They also ordered 288 depicting the Chicago Bears as the winner. picked by readingitall 2 years ago

The Bears are back! picked by cb__ 2 years ago

A five year old girl fell into the Sun Bear enclosure at St Louis zoo today.

Curator of carnivores, Steve Bircher, said "She was never close to the bears".

I think this misses the point somewhat. picked by Pocksucket 5 months ago

We're not here to start no trouble.
We're just here to do the Super Bowl Shuffle. picked by readingitall 2 years ago

For those of you who have not yet seen the documentary, "Grizzly man," I highly suggest seeing it. Hands down it is the most amazing documentary of all time. I had to keep looking it up on the net as I was watching it because it seems like a comedic spoof. I assure you it is real.

"animals rule! timothy conquered!"

Spoiler: he gets eaten by grizzly bears in the end. picked by muppet 1 year ago

He might not drink like a champion, but his efforts have nevertheless clearly reached the level of "epic" and "historic" in recent years. His name is Kyle Orton. He is but one man, but his achievements will outlast us all. picked by wags273 8 months ago

A lion escaped from its cage at a Kazakh zoo over the weekend, the second such incident in a month. Made me think of this. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

Having a little fun picked by cb__ 9 months ago

Two Bears Fighting picked by sbalaciu 1 year ago

That is a huge loss, I'm so bummed. picked by cb__ 2 years ago

That SI cover needs an update bad. :D picked by cb__ 2 years ago

Brush up on your ACTUAL George Washington trivia. Forget that "cherry tree" crap you learned in school... THIS is the real Washington.
You are not gonna believe what he did to bears. Nuh-uh. No way. picked by Rowangrey 4 months ago