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Tourist injured in polar bear attack on Norwegian island

A polar bear has attacked a campsite on Norway’s remote Arctic Svalbard Islands, injuring a French tourist, authorities said. The woman, who was not identified, was part of a tour group of 25 people camping at Sveasletta, in the central part of the ...

08 Aug 2022 at 15:21

Scotland

Meet Brodie: Name of polar bear cub born at Highlands wildlife park is revealed

A polar bear cub born at a Scottish wildlife park has been named. Brodie, which is a Scottish word for second son, was born in December at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland’s (RZSS) Highland Wildlife Park, near Kingussie in the Highlands. ...

25 Mar 2022 at 13:25

Scotland

It’s a boy: UK’s youngest polar bear cub confirmed as male in first health check

Zookeepers have announced the UK’s youngest polar bear, born in a Scottish wildlife park late last year, is a boy. The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland’s vets at the Highland Wildlife Park confirmed the three-month-old cub is male during ...

24 Feb 2022 at 13:55

World

Polar bear attacks and kills woman and boy in remote Alaskan village

A polar bear has attacked and killed two people in a remote village in western Alaska, according to state troopers. Alaska State Troopers said they received the report of the attack at 2.30pm local time on Tuesday in Wales, on the western ...

18 Jan 2023 at 03:24

Christmas Day keeps park rangers busy with festive presents for zoo animals

Zoos up and down the United Kingdom have been getting into the festive mood this holiday season by giving out Christmas presents to their animals, including snacks, aftershave, and a polar bear’s favourite toy, kayaks. Deputy leader of ...

24 Dec 2022 at 13:20

World

Canadian polar bears dying in high numbers, study finds

Polar bears in Canada’s Western Hudson Bay are continuing to die in high numbers, a survey has found. Research shows that females and bear cubs are having an especially hard time in the bay on the southern edge of the Arctic. Western ...

23 Dec 2022 at 09:02

News

Wildlife park releases new footage of month-old polar bear cub

A polar bear cub has been settling into life at the wildlife park where it was born a month ago. The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) has released video footage of the cub wriggling and rolling over in the straw before ...

13 Jan 2022 at 15:14

Polar bears face starvation risk in longer ice-free periods in Arctic – study

Polar bears are at risk of starvation in longer ice-free seasons in the Arctic, despite their ability to adapt their diet and behaviour, scientists have warned. Climate change is increasing the time some areas of the Arctic are ...

13 Feb 2024 at 16:21

Uplifting

Children’s TV show Peppa Pig introduces its first lesbian couple

Children’s TV show Peppa Pig has added a lesbian couple to its cast of characters for the first time. In episode 41 of season seven, titled Families, which aired on Channel 5 on Tuesday, Penny the polar bear introduced her two ...

08 Sept 2022 at 08:50

Ancient skull reveals how all brown bears carry genes of polar cousin

All brown bears today have some polar bear ancestry due to genetic mixing more than 100,000 years ago. Researchers obtained ancient DNA from the skull of a young polar bear that was found in 2009 on the coast of the Beaufort ...

16 Jun 2022 at 17:00

Polar bears’ personalities start to show after move to Staffordshire park

The head keeper of a wildlife park in Staffordshire, which has recently welcomed three polar bears in a first for the park, has said the “individual personalities” of the bears are beginning to show. Mother polar bear Hope, ...

18 Jul 2023 at 19:12

Polar bear fur tags could shed more light on how certain species groups behave

Trackers that can be attached directly to the fur of polar bears could give a better insight into how certain groups of the species behave, according to scientists. The tags could be useful for researchers exploring the ...

16 Jul 2024 at 13:32

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