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Scientists Find Fossil of World's Largest Bear

Figure about 11 feet tall and nearly 2 tons

(Newser) - Scientists have uncovered the fossilized remains of the largest bear known to walk the Earth, LiveScience reports. Unearthed in Argentina, the giant short-faced bear was at least 11 feet tall when standing on its hind legs and weighed between 3,500 and 3,855 pounds—almost twice as big as...

Convict's Suicide Plan: 'Be Bear Food'

Fugitive Tracy Province aimed to overdose on heroin, get eaten

(Newser) - An escaped convict wanted to end his life in a less-than-usual way: by overdosing on heroin in Yellowstone National Park and then letting bears eat him. But before he injected the drug, a voice told him not to do it. Instead, he tried to hitchhike to Indiana to visit family,...

Polar Bear Makes Epic 9-Day, 420-Mile Swim

'Amazing feat' as animal searches for ice floes

(Newser) - Scientists in the Arctic have recorded what is by far the longest swim a polar bear has ever been known to make. A female bear fitted with a radio collar swam continuously for almost 10 days through icy waters north of Alaska, covering 420 miles as she searched for ice...

Russian Bears Raiding Graveyards

Animals treating cemeteries 'like refrigerators'

(Newser) - You can't play dead any better than by being a corpse buried in a coffin, but that isn't enough to save some Russians from bear attacks. Hungry bears have been raiding Russian cemeteries and eating bodies, behavior that some officials say has been caused by a shortage of the bears'...

Video of Man in Bear Suit Sparks Singapore Bear Hunt

Electronics giant Philips may face charges over viral marketing stunt

(Newser) - Electronics giant Philips has apologized for sending police, zoo officials, and wildlife groups in Singapore on a wild bear chase. Dozens of people searched an area of the city-state after a hoax video supposedly showing a bear rummaging through a garbage can surfaced on social media. The company says the...

Woman Fends Off Bear —With Zucchini

She stopped its attack with a nicely aimed throw

(Newser) - A Montana woman fought off an angry bear with a zucchini this morning, the AP reports. The woman awoke after midnight to the sound of her collie being attacked by a 200-pound black bear. She screamed at the bear from her back door, prompting it to charge her and swipe,...

Bear, Victim 'Were Just Playing With Each Other'

Owner: Exotic animal compound is safe

(Newser) - Despite the fact that one of his bears killed caretaker Brent Kandra , Sam Mazzola insists his exotic animal compound is safe and says he will make no changes. He and the rest of his handlers believe the attack was simply an accident and could have happened to any of them,...

Bear Kills Caretaker


 Bear Kills Caretaker 
Aug 20, 2010 12:31 PM CDT

Bear Kills Caretaker

Owner used to offer bear-wrestling at Cleveland Expo

(Newser) - An Ohio animal caretaker was mauled to death by a bear during feeding, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. The victim, 24-year-old Brent Kandra, worked for Sam Mazzola, an exhibitor of exotic animals who has run afoul of animal-rights groups in the past. It's not clear what provoked the attack. The...

Dad Saves Toddler From Bear at Zoo
 Zoo Bear Mauls Dad, Toddler 
Aug 20, 2010 3:00 AM CDT

Zoo Bear Mauls Dad, Toddler

Two recovering after girl climbs into enclosure

(Newser) - A father truly protected his cub yesterday after a 3-year-old girl climbed into a bear enclosure at a German zoo. The toddler—who climbed over a 41-inch fence into a moat while her parents were looking the other way—was swiped in the forehead by an Asiatic moon bear before...

Police Find 10 Bears Guarding Marijuana Grow-Op

Pot, bears seized from Canadian grower

(Newser) - Canadian police ran into a complication while raiding a marijuana grow-op in British Columbia—10 or so black bears that were guarding the outdoor pot plants. The property contained two houses and a fenced-in growing operation with about a thousand plants, plus the bears, which roamed around outside the fence...

Burglar Bear Suspected in 50 Break-Ins

'Bubba' so big, bullets bounce off his head

(Newser) - There’s a 700-pound unstoppable burglar on the loose in Nevada, and he is out for honey. Or maybe pie. The Nevada Department of Wildlife is on the hunt for “Bubba,” a gigantic, nearly legendary black bear who has broken into at least 50 homes and caused $70,...

Bear Raids Kitchen, Steals Stuffed Bear

He also got a few pears

(Newser) - Best detail ever from a story about a bear breaking into a home: A real bear in Laconia, New Hampshire, swiped a stuffed bear from the house, reports WMUR-TV . He didn't keep it long, though: The family found it in the back yard by a box of crackers. While inside...

Camper Killed in Montana Bear Attack

Campsite hit at dead of night

(Newser) - A marauding bear or bears attacked two campsites in Montana yesterday, killing one middle-aged man and injuring a man and a woman. The attack took place at Soda Butte campgrounds, just outside Yellowstone National Park. Local authorities are still trying to determine what type of bear was responsible, and what...

Cops Chasing Bear Whose Head Is Stuck in Jar

But it's no joke: it hasn't eaten in 2 weeks

(Newser) - Winnie the Pooh once got his head stuck in a honey jar, and it seems that one of his distant relatives, a black bear in Ontario, Canada, has gotten himself into a similar pickle—or at least the jar. The young bear first spotted two weeks ago with a plastic...

Black Market Booming for Bear Paws
Black Market Booming for Bear Paws
Jun 30, 2010 2:45 PM CDT

Black Market Booming for Bear Paws

Smugglers using relaxed rules at Russia-China border

(Newser) - For Russians living near the Chinese border, there's a new easy way to make a quick ruble: selling bear paws. The two countries have relaxed border controls to encourage trade and travel, but in doing so have created a bizarre smugglers' market for animal body parts. Frogs, tiger bones, deer...

Cyclist Survives Grizzly Attack
 Cyclist Survives Grizzly Attack 
Jun 16, 2010 2:50 AM CDT

Cyclist Survives Grizzly Attack

Playing dead saves Alaska man's life

(Newser) - An Alaskan cyclist survived a grizzly bear attack with just minor injuries after playing dead. The pharmacist was riding his bike to work along a trail in an Anchorage park when he surprised a bear, who charged him. He played dead while the bear—a mother with her cub—swatted...

'Bile Farmers' Turn Bears' Lives Into Misery

Keepers extract bile from their gall bladders to sell

(Newser) - The moon bear is a threatened species in Vietnam and other South Asia nations, and a gruesome trend is making matters worse. Moon bear "farmers" keep thousands of the bears caged, then crudely extract bile from their gall bladders with a syringe to sell for reputed benefits in Chinese...

Bald Bears Stump German Zookeepers

Mystery condition leaves bears hairless as winter sets in

(Newser) - Zookeepers in Leipzig are scrambling to figure out why three bears have lost their fur coats. The spectacled bears, South American natives who normally have dark rings around their eyes, have gone almost completely bald just when they should be growing even thicker coats for the onset of winter. The...

Bear Kills Kashmir Militants
 Bear Kills Kashmir Militants 
THAT'S MY CAVE, MAN
Nov 4, 2009 2:40 AM CST

Bear Kills Kashmir Militants

Pair didn't have time to fire weapons in cave

(Newser) - Two Islamic militants were killed by a bear in their—and, likely, its—cave hideout in Indian-controlled Kashmir today. “The attack seems to have been so violent and quick that both the militants had no chance to fire back at the wild animal,” a military official tells the...

Bear Encounters on the Rise
 Bear Encounters on the Rise 
Jun 13, 2009 6:41 PM CDT

Bear Encounters on the Rise

As populations increase, run-ins grow also

(Newser) - Most bears fear people, yet they are increasingly seen rummaging through garbage, pillaging bird feeders, and even attacking us humans, the AP reports. Some analysts blame state bans on bear hunting, which allowed the US bear population to more than double between 1989 and 2006, jumping from 165,000 to...

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