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Bears

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2012

    Frogtown black bear shot and killed by DNR

    Around 12:30 Sunday morning, residents of St. Paul's Frogtown neighborhood saw a black bear roaming around the area.The bear's journey to the heart of the city must've been an interesting one. Dave Garshelis, bear research biologist for the DNR, said the two nearest bear populations -- western Wisco ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 29, 2012

    Atlas Sound

    Around 12:30 Sunday morning, residents of St. Paul's Frogtown neighborhood saw a black bear roaming around the area.The bear's journey to the heart of the city must've been an interesting one. Dave Garshelis, bear research biologist for the DNR, said the two nearest bear populations -- western Wisco ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2011

    Hope is dead, hunter confirms

    Hope was killed by a hunter who didn't recognize her.​Hope, the black bear whose live birth online captured animal lovers' hearts, has died by the hands of a Minnesota hunter. Hope, daughter of internet celebrity bear Lily, had been missing for some time, and researcher Lynn Rogers feared she migh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2011

    Hope, Lily the black bear's cub, feared dead

    Hope, who was born live on web cam, has been missing for 12 days.​Hope the black bear cub was born live via webcam, making her an instant internet sensation with thousands of fans. But now, evidence suggests that something may have happened to the juvenile, who rarely leaves her mother's side. "L ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2011

    Please try not to shoot the research bears

    Try not to kill this female, the oldest known black bear in North America.​If you see a black bear with a red necklace, know two things: You are not hallucinating, and you probably shouldn't shoot it. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is asking bear hunters to not kill about 35 bears t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2011

    Jason the bear cub dies, DNR confiscates body from researcher Lynn Rogers

    Jason, who was born live on webcam, died earlier this week.​Jason the black bear cub was born live via webcam to his mother, internet sensation Lily, this past January. Now, word has come that the little guy died alone at the base of a tree in Ely. While it's not uncommon for cubs to die ear ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2011

    Ricky Michel, Stillwater A.D., rips "stupid" Facebook teddy bear lynching by hockey girls

    Lynching jokes usually don't go over as planned.​Four hockey players from Stillwater are facing a one-game suspension this week for some ill-received Facebook humor. Before a game against White Bear Lake last week, the high school girls posted a picture of a teddy bear wearing the number 34 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2010

    Cal is the second research bear shot and killed near Ely

    Photo: Lily The Black Bear/FacebookCal was fitted with a radio collar in May.​The North American Bear Center near Ely has lost another research subject. Cal, the brother of Internet sensation Lily the black bear, was killed even though he was wearing a radio collar. Sarah the research bear wa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2010

    12-year-old girl shot research bear

    Via Lily The Black Bear/FacebookThis research bear, named June, was feared shot but found OK.​While the backlash grows over the the killing of a yearling research bear near Ely, the Department of Natural Resources says that another such bear was shot and killed last week by a 12-year-old girl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2010

    Sarah the research bear killed by hunter

    Image via Lily The Black Bear/FacebookSarah the research bear and her radio collar​Sarah the research bear had brightly-colored ribbons tied to her radio collar as she wandered the northern Minnesota woods. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources posted pictures of bears wearing collar ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 3, 2010

    G. Love and Special Sauce

    Image via Lily The Black Bear/FacebookSarah the research bear and her radio collar​Sarah the research bear had brightly-colored ribbons tied to her radio collar as she wandered the northern Minnesota woods. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources posted pictures of bears wearing collar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2010

    Animal Collective live bootleg showdown: Panda Bear vs. Deakin

    Whatever these two have percolating on their digital 4-track machines is gonna have to be enough to sate AC fanatics until the group emerges from a self-imposed break.

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2010

    Minnesota bear gives birth live on the Internet

    Tens of thousands of Internet viewers try to tune in to see Lily the black bear give birth.

  • Calendar

    January 20, 2010

    Bear'ly Open Golf Tournament

    Tens of thousands of Internet viewers try to tune in to see Lily the black bear give birth.

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2009

    Como Zoo polar bears will no longer bum you out (maybe)

    Yes, the zoo is free (sweet!) but you still had to feel like a terrible person enjoying your day when those enormous polar bears looked like they were plotting their own suicides.

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2009

    Bears vs. pumpkin... The beasts win

    If costumes don't get you tingly, maybe a video of grizzly bears at the Minnesota Zoo will.

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2009

    Flamingos in a concrete jungle

    This pretty much sums up the sadness we feel when we visit Como Zoo.

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2009

    Tweecap: Grizzly Bear was hot, sweaty, and encore-free

    Living vicariously through Twitter, we recap last night's Grizzly Bear show.

  • Calendar

    September 10, 2008

    The Hidden World of Bears: Photography by Lynn Rogers

    Living vicariously through Twitter, we recap last night's Grizzly Bear show.

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2008

    The Zoo has guns.

    Living vicariously through Twitter, we recap last night's Grizzly Bear show.

  • Calendar

    July 2, 2008

    The Dodos

    Living vicariously through Twitter, we recap last night's Grizzly Bear show.

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2007

    Bear Life laid bare: the Strib's fake paean to Pawlenty

    Living vicariously through Twitter, we recap last night's Grizzly Bear show.

  • Music

    May 16, 2007

    The Electro-Pop Cure

    Digitata have the power to break your fever

  • Restaurants

    April 12, 2006

    Take the Cannoli

    Are the best cannoli in the world available to Minnesotans, and even Bismarckers? Dear Dara finds out.

  • Movies

    August 17, 2005

    About a Bear

    Werner Herzog roars at the wild condition in 'Grizzly Man'

  • News

    December 13, 1995

    The Senator, the Star, and One Big Gold Mine

    Werner Herzog roars at the wild condition in 'Grizzly Man'

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