Berlin's latest zoo celebrity, a fluffy
polar bear cub, made her first tentative steps on the public stage Friday, with media hungry to anoint her the rightful successor to late lamented superstar Knut.
A polar bear cub born in a Berlin zoo has died after just 26 days, officials said on Tuesday, the second such bereavement for the German capital in a year.
First pictures of polar bear cub Fritz, born at the Tierpark zoo last autumn, already had animal-lovers swooning. But the Berlin zoo made a sad announcement on Tuesday.
Move over Knut, there's a new ĂĽber-cute polar bear in town. Meet Fritz, the three-month-old ball of fluff that a Berlin zoo is hoping will capture hearts around the world.
Four years after Berlin's celebrity polar bear Knut died, a neuroscientist has discovered the cause of death - an autoimmune disorder which affected his brain.
Germany’s favourite polar bear Knut is set to pull in the crowds again - but this time from a display case. More than three years after his death, his real fur has been used to create a new Knut for a museum exhibition.
A polar bear has died after eating a visitor's coat and bag. Anton the bear is the latest in a string of animals who have died after eating things thrown into his enclosure at Stuttgart Zoo.
Giovanna the polar bear has given birth to twins at Munich zoo. Their birth on Monday morning was thought to be the first time a polar bear giving birth has been captured in colour on video.
Thousands of visitors thronged Nuremberg’s zoo on Saturday, all with the same destination – the enclosure occupied by Germany’s latest baby polar bear celebrity, Snowflake.
After cute Knut and cuddly Snowflake, Germany has yet another polar bear cub to get excited about – and this one hasn’t even been rejected or eaten by its mother.
