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Neil the Polar Bear isn’t sick. He’s just getting old, Como Zoo says in debunking TikTok video claims
Neil the Polar Bear is not sick. He’s just showing his age. At 29, Neil — believed to be the oldest living male polar bear under human care in North America — is happy and healthy as he enters his ...
Como Zoo addresses concerns over viral video of polar bear
The statement comes after a video posted to TikTok garnered hundreds of thousands of views and prompted thousands of comments ...
Anchorage Daily News20h
State will continue killing Southwest Alaska bears despite court order calling program ‘unlawful’
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game will proceed with its third season shooting bears in an effort to grow the Mulchatna ...
Alaska Beacon20h
Alaska to resume bear-killing program, despite court order finding it to be void
The Department of Fish and Game said it will resume its predator control in Western Alaska, despite a court order two days ...
Alaska Public Media23h
Judge says Alaska bear-killing program remains void, despite emergency authorization
An emergency declaration by the Board of Game does not change the fact that the program is unconstitutional and the state ...
The Cool Down1d
Photographer stunned as trail camera captures unexpected creature moving through forest: 'I couldn't believe what I saw at first'
A highly publicized sighting occurred in the Šalčininkai district in Lithuania in April 2025. Marek Kislovskij, a wildlife ...
Anchorage Daily News1d
Alaska’s Dale Guthrie was an influential paleontologist who opened the door to a lost world
Guthrie responded to the discovery of “Blue Babe,” a 50,000-year-old steppe bison found north of Fairbanks in 1979.
Smithsonian Magazine1d
Male Offspring of Grizzly 399—the ‘World’s Most Famous Bear’—Killed by Vehicle in Grand Teton National Park
Grizzly 1058’s mother was Grizzly 399, a well-known bear that also lived in Grand Teton National Park. After Grizzly 399 was ...