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Laerke the polar bear plays with pumpkin at Point Defiance Zoo, Tacoma, USA

On October 19, 2025, in Tacoma, Washington, USA, @PtDefianceZoo shared a video of Laerke, a polar bear, enjoying a pumpkin at ...
Michigan Advance

Michigan House committee green-lights amendment as citations hamper zoo breeding programs

Members of the House Regulatory Reform Committee on Thursday gave their approval to an amendment of the state’s Large ...
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Astra arrives! Como Zoo’s new polar bear makes a splash

Como Zoo has a cool new resident! Astra, the adorable polar bear, has arrived and will play a key role in the zoo’s breeding program, helping protect the species for the future. Overseen by Senior ...

Astra, Como Zoo’s new polar bear, has arrived

Como Park Zoo & Conservatory has a new resident. Astra, a four-year-old, 700-pound female polar bear, arrived Thursday night from Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, Wash. Upon arrival, the zoo ...

Astra, Como Zoo’s new polar bear, makes a splashy debut

The 700-pound female arrived on a FedEx flight, accompanied by a Washington zookeeper and a St. Paul veterinarian.

Metro Detroit Fuses Shaded Parks, Festivals, And A Buzzing Downtown Scene In The Lively 'City Of Trees'

Taking its name from a 19th-century lunchtime history lesson, Michigan's Royal Oak, aka the "City of Trees," features great ...
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Henry Vilas Zoo to say goodbye to 2 grizzly bears, making way for polar bears

MADISON, Wis. -- Time is running out to see two grizzly bears at the Henry Vilas Zoo. The zoo announced Thursday that females Ash and Lexi will move to another AZA-accredited institution later this ...

Vilas Zoo’s grizzlies are moving on, opening up space for polar bears

Vilas Zoo’s two female grizzly bears, Ash and Lexi, are moving on to another zoo later this month, as the zoo prepares to welcome a female polar bear from the Oregon Zoo and, ultimately, to add a male ...
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Farewell Astra | Point Defiance Zoo polar bear moving to the Midwest

TACOMA, Wash. — Point Defiance Zoo announced Monday that one of its polar bears, Astra, will be moving to a new zoo in October. Astra and her sister, Laerke, arrived at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium ...
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2 orphaned bear cubs arrive at the Cincinnati Zoo

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - Two orphaned black bears from Montana that were deemed unreleasable have found a new home at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden. The 7-month-old female bear cubs were rescued ...
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Polar bears take over abandoned Soviet-era research station: Video

A group of polar bears have taken over an abandoned research station off Russia's far eastern coast. The animals have been intimately captured in drone footage taken by Russian traveler and ...
Reuters

Polar bears take over abandoned research station in Russian Arctic

Sept 26 (Reuters) - Polar bears have taken over an abandoned Soviet polar research station on small island off Russia's far northeastern cost. Vadim Makhorov, a travel blogger, used a drone to film ...