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North American Bear Center

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    February 22, 2012

    Minnesota Bear Center releases "the cutest footage to date" [VIDEO]

    ​Despite their huge stature and sometimes-threatening demeanor, bears can be some of the cutest creatures walking the face of the earth. Don't agree? Then tell me that this footage from the North American Bear Center in Ely isn't one of the most adorable things you've ever seen.The footage capture ... More >>

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    January 21, 2011

    Lily the black bear gives birth on the Internet again - twice [UPDATED]

    North American Bear CenterLily, right, and Hope huddle in their den.​Not content to have melted down the North American Bear Center's web servers last January, Lily the black bear tried again by giving birth on the Internet today - twice. In case you missed it last time--and a lot of people did b ... 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 10, 2010

    "America's Favorite Park" is Lily the black bear's home

    Via Lily The Back Bear/FacebookLily the black bear, and her cub, Hope​We'll admit we're not too familiar with Bear Head Lake State Park near Ely. But Lily, the black bear who became an international sensation after she gave birth live on the Internet, knows the park like the back of her paw. ... 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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2010

    Bear cub Hope reunited with mom Lily

    Photo via Lily The Black Bear/FacebookCoaxing Hope out of the tree​Dragged down from a fir tree by the scruff of her neck, Hope the Internet sensation bear cub was rescued Wednesday evening and reunited with her mother, Lily, by wildlife biologists who thought earlier in the week she might hav ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2010

    Lily's bear-cam cub, Hope, is missing and feared dead

    Photo via Lily The Black Bear/FacebookLily gave birth in January before a live Internet audience​Hope, the cub born to Lily the black bear while millions of viewers watched live via online video, hasn't been seen since since Friday. She's feared dead, say researchers at the North American Bear ... More >>

  • 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.

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