Young polar bear plays fetch the stick… with himself

Normally a powerful, haughty predator, this polar bear shows his playful side in a set of stunning images.
Seemingly undeterred by his lack of a playmate, the young bear tossed the stick up and down and at one point even appeared to wave at the camera as he frolicked on ice close to Fairbanks, Alaska.
The teenage [...]

Young polar bear plays fetch the stick… with himself

Normally a powerful, haughty predator, this polar bear shows his playful side in a set of stunning images.
Seemingly undeterred by his lack of a playmate, the young bear tossed the stick up and down and at one point even appeared to wave at the camera as he frolicked on ice close to Fairbanks, Alaska.
The teenage [...]

Survival Of The Fittest In the Wild

We think we have seen it all in the zoo when it comes to wildlife. But, the man-made environment hardly provides a setting for animals to behave in their instinctive fashion. Also, isolated and caged, we never get to see what happens when two fierce creatures combat each other to death.
Unto Each Other
When wild beasts [...]

10 Animals On The Verge Of Extinction

Polar bearsThis one shouldn’t surprise you. The polar bear has become the poster animal for the devastating changes global warming is bringing to the Arctic. Polar bears are dying because their range is shrinking; the sea ice they use to hunt seals is melting as temperatures rise. It’s estimated that there are 20,000-25,000 polar bears [...]