The first astronauts to enter a polar orbit around Earth chose the obvious animal to serve as their zero-g indicator — a plush white *polar* bear ... flown the floating toys as selected by ...

23, 2009. (Heiko Junge/NTB Scanpix via AP) A group of Vietnamese asylum seekers are taken by barge to a jetty on Australia’s Christmas Island on April 14, 2013. (AP Photo, File) A cow rests near a ...

Using remote cameras and satellite collars, researchers were able to track down polar bear dens in Norway’s Svalbard region and get insights into their behavior. On analyzing the data ...

Siku, a polar bear at Lincoln Park Zoo, developed allergies to various substances including human hair dander (Credit: Lincoln Park Zoo) It may be that zoo animals are so well cared for they ...

Courtesy of Christopher Paetkau A polar bear peacefully snoozing in a pillowy bed of flowers beat out some amazing shots to win the Nature Photography Contest! The winner of the second annual ...

On Halloween, he strings lights on his Lego “Nightmare Before Christmas” set and displays ... In 2024, grown-ups bought more toys than any other age group, including preschoolers.

Working on it, it was just a bunch of us nerds. It felt like working in our garage. It was not really fancy and a small team, ...

Friends of Big Bear Valley have announced the names for the mountain’s two newest bald eagles — Sunny and Gizmo. The eaglets hatched in early March and are offspring of Big Bear’s famous ...

For this all-citizen and private polar launch, it will be the first time ... fun as Philips said he will be bringing two little pig toys the size of dice. They hold a special meaning for him.

Seattle indie rockers Minus The Bear, one of the signature bands of the ’00s, broke up in 2018, after playing a big farewell tour and a triumphant final hometown show. Now, they’re back.