Bear Bear Bear

The polar bear cubs are seen with their mother, Aisaqvaq

Four-month old Flocke (German for snowflake) has until now been kept behind closed doors at Nuremberg zoo and has been hand-reared by zookeepers because of fears her mother might harm her

You'll always be my buddy

Female Cantabrian brown bear and cubs.

This photo provided by Mary Sage shows a polar bear watching a whaling crew off shore near Barrow, Alaska. Polar bears were declared as a threatened species by the Interior Department on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 saying polar bears must be protected because of the decline in Arctic sea ice from global warming. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Mary Sage, Joseph Napaaqtuq Sage)

The bears that Rogers knows are timid creatures. Defensive postures, such as swatting their large paws on the ground, are mistaken for aggression by many people

Bear & the Mountain

A young male polar bear jumps between patches of ice in the Barents Sea, part of the Arctic Ocean.

Image from Svalbard, Norway’s Arctic archipelago. Photograph by Paul Nicklen