Nov 1st, 2011 at 8:00AM: For more than 35 years, the official national animal of Canada has been the beaver. The creature earned that lofty honor due to its industrious behavior and the importance that the trade in beaver pelts played in the country's history. But now, if one Canadian Senator gets her way, the beaver may be replaced as a national symbol with another animal – one that is also closely associated with ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Will Canada dump the beaver?
Nov 1st, 2011 at 8:00AM: For more than 35 years, the official national animal of Canada has been the beaver. The creature earned that lofty honor due to its industrious behavior and the importance that the trade in beaver pelts played in the country's history. But now, if one Canadian Senator gets her way, the beaver may be replaced as a national symbol with another animal – one that is also closely associated with ...Polar bear kills tourist in Norway
Aug 6th, 2011 at 8:00AM:
A British youth group traveling in a remote region of Norway was attacked by a polar bear yesterday, leaving one dead and four others severely injured. The animal entered their camp while the group slept, and attacked the travelers inside their tents, before it was shot to death by one of the group's leaders.
17-year old Horatio Chapple was one of 13 members of a BSES Expedition traveling ...Only in Alaska: Living - and traveling - in bear country
May 22nd, 2009 at 1:30PM: Bears: everybody fears them, everybody wants to photograph them from behind a tour bus window. In my neighborhood, black bears constantly get into garbage cans - when people express disappointment at not having seen any bears on their vacation, I encourage them to hang out on my street on garbage day. Alaska has plenty of bears, and if you follow a few rules you're unlikely to ever encounter a ...Road tripping to be easier this summer with lower gas prices
Apr 15th, 2009 at 9:00AM: Fill your tank, cut down a redwood and kick a polar bear in the 'nads ... gas is likely to stay cheap this summer! So, let the environment be damned, load up the Hummer and take the longest road trip of your life. The Energy Information Administration has great news for motorists: gas is expected to hang around an average of $2.23 a gallon this summer (more if you live in New York or California, I ...
