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

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)

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

Polar Bear Attack

The bears were photographed on a tour to Kaktovik, a native village on Barter Island, Alaska