The color of these bears is off, but a few clues indicate they are most likely polar bears. First, the area is treeless tundra into which eastern Canada’s grizzly bears rarely, if ever, venture.

Major the polar bear was adored by tens of thousands of visitors during his 21 years at the Stone Zoo. ... Ursa Major was captured in Siberia in 1966 and moved to the Worcester Science Center ...

we spoke of Ursa Major, the Big Bear, so this week we take a look at the Little Bear, Ursa Minor. Astronomy neophytes ...

Kenda was born at the museum to her parents, Ursa Minor and Ursa Major, two polar bears brought to what was then called the Worcester Science Center in 1971 from Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado.

Kenda, the polar bear that was a mainstay of the attractions at the EcoTarium since she was born there 27 years ago, was euthanized today, according to the science museum. Jennifer Kent, director o… ...

2005-04-03 04:00:00 PDT Katmai National Park-- We were tiptoeing through bear country, making our way past a patch of alders along a stream, when a thunderous roar sent our hearts rocketing up ...

TORONTO – A DNA test has confirmed what zoologists, hunters and aboriginal trackers in the far northern reaches of Canada have dreamed of for years: the first documented case of a grizzly-pol… ...

The Arctic lies under the constellations of the Great Bear and Little Bear, known in Latin as Ursa Major and Ursa Minor. ... The Arctic is home to large land mammals like polar bears and reindeer.

See Queen Cassiopeia high in the sky over the Great Bear Ursa Major tonight ... There must be a reason why mankind has associated bears — particularly polar bears — with this star pattern.

Explore more north polar deep-sky treats. ... Our only object in Ursa Minor the Little Bear, NGC 6217, rewards large-telescope owners. This is a nearly face-on, ringed spiral galaxy.

Ursa Major, also known as the Great Bear, is the third-largest constellation in the sky. We explore this well-known constellation in more detail here. Skip to main content.