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# Bear

Last year
2023
Quiz: How much do you know about bears?
14 Oct 2023
35.2k
37
All time
Mexican authorities investigating after wild bear that approached woman and got in selfie is castrated
11 Aug 2020
139k
42
Man 'happy to be alive' after bear attacked him while he was letting dog out of house
11 Jan 2018
49.9k
66
Teenager who was killed by bear sent text to his family while being chased
20 Jun 2017
52.7k
34
Bear hitches a ride atop a rubbish truck in New Mexico
4 Aug 2016
14.8k
13
Woman attacked by bear while running New Mexico marathon
20 Jun 2016
19.7k
51
Revenant bear's cameo and bizarre teenage tantrum, it's your comments of the week
16 Apr 2016
4.7k
3
The terrifying moment a snowboarder is unknowingly chased down the slope by a bear
11 Apr 2016
16.8k
24
This bear bone discovery in Sligo could re-write Irish history
20 Mar 2016
41.2k
50
We can't get enough of this cute Kilkenny lamb who thinks she's a dog
13 Jan 2016
6.2k
2
There's a lamb and a puppy in Kilkenny and they're best friends
8 Jan 2016
9.2k
4
Watch: Wild bear goes on rampage in Russian shopping centre
15 Oct 2015
12.5k
28
The Times just landed newspaper correction of the week with a howler about the Pope
11 Aug 2015
5.7k
2
16 struggles men with back hair need the world to understand
18 Jul 2015
89.4k
8
A man had a run-in with a bear... but it didn't end like you'd think
14 May 2015
4.5k
1
An old man punched a bear in the face to save his tiny dog, is a legend
1 May 2015
4.7k
2
Giant robot bear nurse part of 'new approach' to elderly care (no, really)
24 Feb 2015
14.6k
18
Worst idea ever? - Russian guy feeds massive bear from his window
17 Feb 2015
3.4k
Watch a kindly bear save a crow from drowning
1 Aug 2014
3.6k
2
Just an entire bear family wandering through a New Jersey neighbourhood
1 Jul 2014
2.8k
Bear fridge-raider is your new hero
27 Jun 2014
1.4k
Just a bear in a hammock, chillin' like a villain
1 Jun 2014
2.6k
1
Mammy bear rescues baby bear from dangerous road
22 May 2014
3.2k
1
CCTV captures the moment a bear breaks into a house
15 May 2014
2.5k
1
Irish-born woman killed by bear in Canada
9 May 2014
42.2k
29
Lost baby bear wanders into garage looking for his mam
17 Apr 2014
4.6k
5
Bear told to get out of Alaskan pub, leaves without incident
25 Sep 2013
1.9k
1
VIDEO: Bear steals whole dumpster full of leftover food
2 Aug 2013
1.5k
1
Police dog breaks four teeth after being kicked in the mouth catching an attacker
22 Jun 2013
13.0k
36
How to improve any book in the world
25 Mar 2013
1.2k
1
WATCH: Hungry polar bear meets man in Perspex box
7 Jan 2013
18.0k
30
VIDEO: Bear (huge) frightened away by woman (tiny)
1 Oct 2012
3.5k
2
Want to see what a solid gold Winnie the Pooh looks like?
7 Feb 2012
2.8k
8
Bear survives for three weeks with jar stuck on its head
23 Jul 2011
399
Woman fends off black bear… with a courgette
24 Sep 2010
206
Upsurge in joyriding bears
29 Jul 2010
161