Read more polar bear stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/7775/polar-bear.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:18:59 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73670/teen-survives-night-stranded-with-polar-bears.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA 17-year-old Inuit youth is in a local hospital with hypothermia after spending over 24 hours stranded on a drifting ice floe in Canada's Hudson Bay with three polar bears. The teen became separated from his uncle as the two walked back toward a settlement after their snowmobile broke down...http://www.newser.com/story/73670/teen-survives-night-stranded-with-polar-bears.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 10 Nov 2009 5:00:15 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72370/feds-pitch-polar-bear-habitat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe federal government has proposed designating 200,000 square miles of land, sea, and ice in northern Alaska as a critical habitat for polar bears. The move is "one step in the right direction to help this species stave off extinction," said an Interior Department official. He acknowledged, however, that...http://www.newser.com/story/72370/feds-pitch-polar-bear-habitat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 23 Oct 2009 1:41:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63895/knut-will-stay-in-berlin.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Berlin Zoo’s prized polar bear, Knut, isn’t going anywhere, Der Spiegel reports. Officials there will pay $600,000 to a rival zoo to settle an ownership dispute. Given Knut's bankability as a bona fide world star, it's a bargain. The bear, not yet 3 years old, is estimated to...http://www.newser.com/story/63895/knut-will-stay-in-berlin.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 08 Jul 2009 16:14:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58455/us-wont-use-polar-bear-to-battle-emissions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Obama administration will not use the plight of polar bears and their melting habitat to regulate greenhouse gases, the Anchorage Daily News reports. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced today that a Bush-era law barring government scientists from considering emissions as they attempt to save the endangered species will stand....http://www.newser.com/story/58455/us-wont-use-polar-bear-to-battle-emissions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 08 May 2009 13:18:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55962/polar-bear-chomps-german-zoo-visitor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA woman survived a polar bear attack in a Berlin Zoo enclosure when keepers pulled her to safety after knocking the animal away, the Daily Telegraph reports. One of four bears in the enclosure attacked the woman in a moat after she entered—a feat that required jumping a fence,...http://www.newser.com/story/55962/polar-bear-chomps-german-zoo-visitor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 12 Apr 2009 9:41:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53882/polar-bears-other-threat-35k-trophy-hunts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPolar bears, whose Arctic habitat is thawing out, have become the symbols of climate change, but they’re also prime targets for hunters in Canada, where trophy-hungry sportsmen cough up as much as $35,000 to bag a bear, the Independent reports. “This is probably the toughest hunt you can ever...http://www.newser.com/story/53882/polar-bears-other-threat-35k-trophy-hunts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 27 Mar 2009 6:28:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53818/warming-is-polar-bears-top-killer-host-nations-agree.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFive nations whose land is home to polar bears signed a joint statement today declaring global warming to be the biggest threat to the animals, AFP reports. Canada, Denmark/Greenland, Norway, Russia, and the US agree that “long-term conservation of polar bears depends upon successful mitigation of climate change,” the statement...http://www.newser.com/story/53818/warming-is-polar-bears-top-killer-host-nations-agree.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Mar 2009 14:50:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/47270/flocke-gets-russian-comrade.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCelebrity polar bear Flocke has a new companion, the AP reports. The Nuremberg Zoo's resident superstar was a little tense upon meeting the unnamed 1-year-old Russian polar bear, but the two soon teamed up for some joyous romping. The new bear arrived from Moscow in late December and will remain...http://www.newser.com/story/47270/flocke-gets-russian-comrade.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 07 Jan 2009 11:07:56 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/46025/knut-needed-hug-zoo-intruder.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA German man says he climbed over a Berlin Zoo barrier today because the polar bear needed a hug, Bloomberg reports. The unidentified man, 37, apparently believed the animal—which drew 3.2 million visitors last year—was lonely. “He wanted to keep Knut company,” police said. Knut, abandoned as...http://www.newser.com/story/46025/knut-needed-hug-zoo-intruder.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 22 Dec 2008 13:05:01 CST