Showing posts with label bears. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bears. Show all posts

Thursday, March 31, 2011

The polar bear cub twins Aleut and Gregor

The polar bear cub twins Aleut and Gregor
The polar bear cub twins Aleut and Gregor enjoy the outdoors  in Nuremberg, Germany.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

A bear doing yoga stretches

A bear doing yoga stretches
A female brown bear seemingly doing her early morning yoga stretches at Ahtari Zoo in Finland. 

Sunday, September 12, 2010

A young black bear falls from a tree safely into a net

A young black bear falls from a tree safely into a net
A young black bear falls from a tree safely into a net

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Tian Tian a retired female bear has become a celebrity in a Chinese zoo by posing for pictures with tourists.

Tian Tian a retired female bear has become a celebrity in a Chinese zoo by posing for pictures with tourists.
Tian Tian a retired female bear has become a celebrity in a Chinese zoo by posing for pictures with tourists.  

Sunday, August 15, 2010

A six-month-old bear dubbed 'Jarhead' has been saved after having its head stuck in a container

"Jarhead" the bear
A six-month-old bear dubbed 'Jarhead' has been saved after having its head stuck in a container for at least 10 days

A six-month-old bear dubbed 'Jarhead' has been saved after having its head stuck in a container for at least 10 days.

The little bear that beat the odds

Saturday, August 14, 2010

A bear is seen riding a motorcycle at the Xiangjiang Safari Park

A bear is seen riding a motorcycle at the Xiangjiang Safari Park in Guangzhou, in China's southern Guangdong province.
A bear is seen riding a motorcycle at the Xiangjiang Safari Park in Guangzhou

Saturday, July 24, 2010

A polar bear looks up at guests aboard Lindblad Expeditions National Geographic Explorer

Week in wildlife: A polar bear looks up at Lindblad Expeditions National Geographic Explorer
A polar bear looks up at guests aboard Lindblad Expeditions National Geographic Explorer in Arctic Norway


Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Vitus, an 18-year-old male polar bear, shakes off water


Vitus, an 18-year-old male polar bear, shakes off water

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

'Shuan Shuan' the Panda bear will be in Guadalajara at the zoo for six months

Panda bear 'Shuan Shuan' is seen at the Guadalajara zoo on July 20, 2010. The Panda bear will be in Guadalajara for six months -- for the first time -- and will then be returned to Mexico City where it lives.
'Shuan Shuan' the  Panda bear will be in Guadalajara   zoo  for six months

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Somnang sticks his tongue out

Somnang, a Malayan Sun Bear, sticks his tongue out as he sits in its enclosure at Edinburgh Zoo, Scotland July 7, 2010. Somnang and his brother Rotana have recently arrived at the zoo from a rescue centre in Cambodia. The smallest of the world's eight bear species, the Sun Bear is known as the climber of the bear world and has a white or yelowish crescent on its chest which looks like a rising or setting sun.
Somnang sticks his tongue out 

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

A bear lunges toward the men

Darek Delmanowicz / EPA

A bear lunges toward the men who were trying to sedate her for relocation after she wandered into in Chorzow village, Poland

Friday, January 15, 2010

The bear with the foot-long tongue


Tongue tied: The sun bear shows off its foot-long tongue at the St Louis Zoo in Missouri


Thursday, January 7, 2010

A polar bear shakes his body to remove water at St-Felicien Wildlife Zoo


First place, Pictorial, News Photographers Association of Canada Pictures of the Year. A polar bear shakes his body to remove water at St-Felicien Wildlife Zoo in St-Felicien, Quebec March 6, 2008.
Credit: REUTERS/Mathieu Belanger

Honourable mention, Feature, News Photographers Association of Canada Pictures


Honourable mention, Feature, News Photographers Association of Canada Pictures of the Year. News Photographers Association of Canada Photo of the Year Awards Honourable Mention A Polar Bear jumps into the water at the St. Felicien Wildlife Zoo in Quebec March 6, 2008. 
Credit: REUTERS/Mathieu Belanger

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

A male polar bear carries the head of a polar bear


A male polar bear carries the head of a polar bear cub it killed and cannibalized in an area about 300 km (186 miles) north of the Canadian town of Churchill in this picture taken November 20, 2009. REUTERS/Iain D. Williams

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Animal Tracks

A guinea pig named Oreo sits in the grass at the San Francisco Zoo.
A white-tail fawn being weaned by its mother looks up after grazing in a residential yard in West Lake Hills, Texas. The central Texas drought has further emboldened wildlife to seek food nearer humans.

A penguin cools off in the water in the enclosure at the zoo in Frankfurt, Germany.
Two seals swim together after they were set free in the German Waddensea off the island of Juist, Germany, on Aug. 6, 2009. A total of 71 abandoned young common seals were reared at the seal station this season.
A man waits for customers for an elephant ride in Jaipur, India.
Two flamingos search for food in the outdoor enclosure at Schoenbrunn Zoo in Vienna.
Polar bear Knut takes a bath in his outdoor enclosure at the zoo in Berlin, Germany. According to a German newspaper, Knut will soon cease to be alone, as polar bear Gianna from Munich is to be his partner. However, neither of the two zoos has confirmed the information as yet.
Lions Aquiles and Helena walk next to some of their cubs at the Parque Lecoq Zoo in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Kalli looks out of a basket on board a vessel in Norddeich, Germany. Five baby seals, which have been raised in the seal-breeding station in Norddeich, will be returned to the wild.
Native ducks move toward a pond in a farming village in Temanggung, Central Java. The poultry industry is picking up in Indonesia following preventive measures over avian flu.
After a trip from San Jose, Calif., to Vacaville, Calif., Katie, left, gives trailer mate Buddy a peck on the cheek while their owner stops to grab some lunch.


A pelican is pictured in its enclosure on a sunny day at Schoenbrunn Zoo in Vienna, Austria.
Gana, a mother gorilla, holds her young baby in their enclosure at the zoo in the western German city of Muenster. The baby, named Claudia, was born a day earlier at the zoo.
A newborn Asian elephant stands with other members of its herd at the ZSL Whipsnade Zoo in Whipsnade, England.
Buckley, the 9-year-old beaver at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, Wash., nibbles on a fruit, veggie and juice popsicle to cool down during the 100-plus degree weather.
Polar bears play in the water in their enclosure on a sunny day at the Schoenbrunn Zoo in Vienna, Austria.


A 2-month-old albino wallaby, born in captivity, stands with another wallaby in their enclosure at a private zoo in the district of Paphos, Cyprus.

David Lawrence talks to Pete the moose in Irasburg, Vt. Pete was raised by 73-year-old Lawrence, who nursed the then-newborn moose back to health after Pete had been injured by dogs.
A monarch butterfly is covered with droplets of water while resting in a cooling mist spray in the butterfly pavilion at the Elkton Community Education Center in Elkton, Ore.
A 12-day-old hippopotamus swims next to its mother, Chombi, at Malaysia's National Zoo in Kuala Lumpur. The baby hippopotamus has not yet been given a name.

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