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Baby pandas at Chengdu, China

This was completed as part of an assignment covering an environmentally threatened species. The motion graphic highlights the continued destruction of polar bear habitat and encourages the viewer to take action.

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Knut, Berlin's world-famous polar bear who died on Saturday (19/03/2011) at the age of four. The cause of death has yet to be determined. In captivity polar bears can live for 30 years.

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With their slightly webbed paws and powerful muscles, polar bears are excellent swimmers. Their favorite meal is seals, but they will eat anything they can catch, even scavenging through garbage in areas where their habitat overlaps with humans.

via animals.nationalgeographic.com

Grizzly cubs are unpredictable. At one moment they look at you with their intrigued eyes, and suddenly run away scared by unknown behavior. These two seven-month-old cubs thought that holding hands would make the danger disappear.

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These wild Alaskan brown bears are a thing of beauty. But keeping them at a safe distance is paramount.

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Mei Xiang panda tumbling at the National Zoo, DC.

Playful baby pandas fighting

A pair of newborn red panda cubs pose for the cameras.