Archive for October, 2010

Marsicano Bear, symbol of the National Park of Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise, is facing extinction

With only 40 units in the whole area of National Park of Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise, Marsicano bear facing extinction. The main causes are poaching and the progressive destruction of the natural habitat. Marsicano bear, a symbol of the park, was the star of a documentary on the State Nature Reserves in the Year of [...]

Polar bears in Canada

On this safari, the world appears in shades of gray, and polar bears can be hidden behind every rock and glacier. Asleep on a rocky coast between boulders and floating ice, a bear is almost impossible to locate. Nowhere in the world but in Churchill you share closely with these beautiful white creatures. This village [...]

The brown bear

The brown bear is an omnivorous mammal of the family of Ursida, common in much of northern Eurasia and North America. It weighs between 130 and 700 kg and its members contend the biggest polar bear the title of world’s largest land carnivore. Although the distribution area of the brown bear has shrunk and in [...]