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Winnipeg zoo officials euthanized the oldest living polar bear on Monday, after a clinical exam found Debby was suffering from multiple organ failure.
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Debby, the oldest living polar bear, had to be euthanized because of declining health, Winnipeg zoo officials have announced.
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Tributes and remembrances of Debby, who was the world's oldest living polar bear, flooded into the Winnipeg zoo on Tuesday after officials announced the bear was dead.
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At age 42, Debby, the world's oldest polar bear, dies at a Canadian Zoo.
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Canadian zoo officials on Tuesday were mourning the death of what is believed to be the world's oldest polar bear.
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Forty-two year old Debby, the world's oldest polar bear, died Monday in a Canadian zoo in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The world's largest land predator, the polar bear is a threatened species.
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World of Warcraft receiving four candles on their cake this weekend. To celebrate, they've turned the whole "present-giving" idea on its head - sending out gifts to everybody who logs in during their anniversary celebrations. While the traditional 4th anniversary gift is flowers, Blizzard aren't much for tradition, instead giving gamers a very cute Baby Blizzard Bear! (If you're not one for 'cute', the cuddly munchkin also brings with it a feat of strength achievement to celebrate the game's four years online.) So - just in case you spent the weekend without signing in to Azeroth, you might like to hop online very quickly and claim your present...
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MILWAUKEE (AP) -- A playful polar bear pawing at a toy lost his balance and slipped into a moat at the Milwaukee County Zoo....
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Scientists are to embark on a mission likened to going to Mars to find the planet's oldest ice in Antarctica and unravel the mysteries of climate change.
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A polar bear that fell into a dry moat at his zoo enclosure more than two weeks ago was rescued Thursday by officials who hoisted him out with a crane.
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A polar bear that fell into a dry moat at his zoo enclosure more than two weeks ago was rescued Thursday by officials who hoisted him out with a crane.
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Zoo officials anesthetize Zero the bear to return him to safe ground.
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'Zero' fell into moat at edge of Milwaukee enclosure while playing with toy, didn't want to get out.
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Hunters in Nunavut's Baffin Bay region will be able to kill up to 105 polar bears this season, after the territory's environment minister agreed to keep the hunting quota, CBC News has learned.
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The World Wildlife Fund is condemning Nunavut for maintaining its polar bear hunt quota in the Baffin Bay area, warning that boycotts may follow the decision.
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Nunavut's outgoing environment minister says he's worried that Inuit hunters are losing faith in the territory's polar bear co-management system, with some even threatening to set their own quotas if hunting quotas are tightened.
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A Canadian scientist wants tourists to help her to track polar bears by taking pictures of their "whisker prints".
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A Canadian expert on wildlife co-management systems says a joint survey of polar bear populations in Nunavut's Baffin Bay region could resolve disagreements between biologists and Inuit hunters over how many polar bears are there.
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Evidence that the nuclear family dates back to the Stone Age has been unearthed for the first time by scientists.
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As remembrances of Debby, the world's oldest living polar bear, continued to arrive at Winnipeg's zoo Wednesday, Manitobans faced the reality they may not see another such animal at the zoo for years.
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An 18-year-old girl and her 15-year-old sister are safe after a polar bear chased them down the streets of Arviat, Nunavut, this week.
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Handlers of a popular polar bear, brought to mate with a female in a zoo in northern Japan, found their breeding plan was doomed when they noticed that he, in fact, was a she.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Handlers of a popular polar bear, brought to mate with a female in a zoo in northern Japan, found their breeding plan was doomed when they noticed that he, in fact, was a she.
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Puzzled Japanese zookeepers have cleared up a mystery over a lack of chemistry between a couple of polar bears as both turn out to be female, a Japanese zoo said Wednesday.
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Federal Environment Minister Jim Prentice will hold a national roundtable on the protection of polar bears early in the new year.
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Federal Environment Minister Jim Prentice will hold a national round table on the protection of polar bears early in the new year.
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Flocke, a fluffy polar bear cub is the leading light of Nuremburg zoo. But two newcomers are about to steal her thunder: Vera, Flocke's mother, has just given birth to twins.
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CINCINNATI (Reuters) - The world's oldest person, an Indiana woman, died on Wednesday at the age of 115, according to a gerontology expert.
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SHELBYVILLE, Ind. (AP) -- Edna Parker, who became the world's oldest person more than a year ago, has died at age 115....
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Edna Parker, who once taught in a two-room schoolhouse and became the world's oldest person more than a year ago, has died at age 115.
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An American woman who was the world's oldest person for a year dies at the age of 115.
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An American woman who was recognised as the world's oldest person for a year has died at the age of 115.
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An Indiana woman recognized as the world's oldest person more than a year ago has died at age 115.
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Edna Parker died in an Indiana nursing home on Wednesday.
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Knut, the polar bear that became an international sensation after his birth in 2006, may be the latest victim of the credit crunch.
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Nearly two pounds of still-green plant material found in a 2,700-year-old grave in the Gobi Desert has just been identified as the world's oldest marijuana stash, according to a paper in the latest issue of the Journal of Experimental Botany.
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BERLIN (AP) -- Knut the superstar polar bear turns two on Friday looking nothing like the button-eyed ball of white fluff who captured hearts around the world....
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As Berlin Zoo's polar bear Knut grew his crowds shrank.
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Dec. 5: The Berlin polar bear known as Knut celebrates his second birthday today -- but will it be his last at the Berlin Zoo? Officials say the bear needs more room than the zoo can provide. NBC’s Dawna Friesen reports. (Today Show)
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While prostitution may be one of the most recession-proof businesses, brothel owners in Europe and the United States say belt-tightening is undermining a once-lucrative industry.
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While prostitution may be one of the most recession-proof businesses, brothel owners in Europe and the United States are feeling the recession’s pinch.
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An Indian woman who says she is about 70 years old has given birth to her first child.
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Concerns were growing Wednesday for a polar bear born last month at a German zoo after its twin died and was possibly eaten by its mother.
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