Scientists discover hibernating bears to be ‘a metabolic marvel’ - Yahoo! News

"Scientists have long wondered just what takes place within the body of a bear in the wild while it hibernates. And now, they can eliminate a good deal of the guesswork in such speculations, thanks to a new study at the University of Alaska's Institute of Arctic Biology. Researchers at the institute erected boxes for bears to sleep in that enabled researchers to monitor the bears' vital signs--and have provisionally concluded that hibernating bears are nothing less than 'a metabolic marvel.'"

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"Animal rights organizations are offering a reward for any information concerning the slaughter of a black bear cub, found last November in Quantico, Va."

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Bear shooting by cable TV gold miners was not what it appeared

"A state review of the shooting of a black bear highlighted on the cable TV show “Gold Rush: Alaska” has found that the Oregon miners did not shoot the bear in “defense of life and property,” as portrayed on TV"

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Wildlife Research Institute: Ely, MN Update February 4, 2011 – 7:38 PM CST

"Lily ate more snow to make more milk. Hope was good and bad. Sometimes she sat nicely beside Lily without too much protest as the cubs nursed. We were impressed by that because in summer we had seen her savagely and repeatedly drive her mother off food."

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"What a quiet day in the den! Lily spent long periods with the cubs either sleeping or nursing beneath her and Hope quietly sleeping beside her."

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The Canadian Press: Nearly 50 years after first book was published, the Berenstain Bears remain a family affair

"Nearly 50 years after the Berenstain Bears first charmed preschoolers and their parents, the family behind the books remains close to their Bear Country roots."

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Ely's famous black bear Lily delivers twin cubs | Duluth News Tribune | Duluth, Minnesota

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"Lily the famous black bear gave birth to two cubs today, according to a Facebook post by Sue Mansfield, a biologist at the Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center in Ely"

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