Syrian brown bears are nearly extinct in the wild. The bear in the footage is named Jenny. She’s 17 and, aside from being brushed, she loves to play in the snow and eat peanuts.

The last Syrian brown bear was spotted in its namesake country more than 50 years ago. ... Meet the weta, a big flightless grasshopper-like creature. (2m 3s) Episode 3 Preview.

The Syrian bear was first identified in Lebanon in 1828, but changes to its habitat and excessive hunting drove the species to extinction about 100 years after it was first discovered.

This footage shows Jenny, a 17-year-old Syrian brown bear, lounging in an enclosure in upstate New York. She lives at the Orphaned Wildlife Center which was founded by Jim Kowalczik, Susan ...

People run away as Kurdish animal rights activists release a bear into the wild after rescuing bears from captivity in people's homes in Duhok, Iraq. Ari Jalal/Reuters 2021-02-13T15:44:31Z ...

Sonya, a 15-year-old Syrian brown bear who lives at the Orphaned Wildlife Center in Otisville, New York, got to spend some quality time with an old friend when her former caretaker Johnathan paid ...

OTISVILLE, N.Y. – Recently shared footage shows two Syrian brown bears in an animal sanctuary ambling and enjoying themselves on a pond that had frozen over. The animal sanctuary, called the ...

NAUBINWAY, MI – The recent warm weather is affecting more than ice fishing and snowmobiling: A Syrian brown bear that lives at an Upper Peninsula zoo came out of his hibernation-like state last ...

A rescued Syrian brown bear could not get enough of a recent snowfall at an upstate New York wildlife sanctuary, rolling back and forth through it. January 11, 2024. Additional Live Streams.

In the spring of 1942, amid World War II, a young Syrian brown bear cub was orphaned in the mountains of Iran, its mother having been killed by hunters.