Martina's reports
Royal visit in Brno
3.2.2026 – Photos by Martina Ho This time King Bore visited Queen Cora in the Brno Zoo. King Bore means Winter – that’s why he’s invisible! It looks like Cora was very pleased meeting her […]
Year: 2026
Christmas, Easter and Special Days
18 years with Knutitours
25.1.2026 by Mervi Today Knutitours (Knuti’s Magazine and the Knuipe) celebrates it’s 18th (!) anniversary! The journey has been long and there have been crashes along the path but like the Fenix bird Knutitours has […]
Mervi's stories
Ice breakers – connecting people
24.1.2026 – This story was published first 1.2.2011 but I think it still is very up-to-date. – English/Deutsch, By Knut and Mervi, Photos by Doris Webb, Monika and SylviaMicky, Translation into German by Bärgit Dear […]
Petra's reports
Mika was feeling blue
23.1.2026 – Photos by Petra Ballon When I wrote the titel ‘Mika is feeling blue’ I didn’t mean he was feeling sad. On the contrary, he was feeling merry and happy when Petra took the […]
Michelle Rippey
Siku and Berit don’t mind the cold weather
22.1.2026 by Michelle Rippey It’s a nice day with 2 of the 3 polar bears at the Henry Vilas Zoo (Madison). Guess who doesn’t mind the extreme cold! The polar bears! Here’s Berit & Siku […]
Pat Waldron's reports
Yuma opened the football season
21.1.2026 – Photos by Pat Waldron It has been snowing and it may snow again but Yuma has decided to declare the football season for polar bears open! Of course, a ball is a very […]
Martina's reports
King Bore visiting Anna and Elsa
20.1.2026 – Photos by Martina Ho As I already wrote in the previous article of the polar bears in Brno there’s snow in Brno. In Scandinavia we sometimes call the Winter ‘King Bore’ – that’s […]
Rebecca Roth's column
Snow fun in Karlsruhe
19.1.2025 – Photos by Rebecca Roth Winter lovers had to wait a long time for the snow but now it’s been snowing almost everywhere in Europe – so even in Karlsruhe. Mika and mama Nuka […]
Featured articles
Mama polar bear adopted a young cub
18.1.2026 – Source: Smithsonian Magazine, Photos by Dave Sandford/Discover Churchill The rare event marks the 13th known instance of adoption within this well-studied group of polar bears living in the western Hudson Bay area. Researchers […]
Gisela's column
Ein Wintertag in Rostock – Teil 2
17.1.2026 von Gisela Hentschel Nach einem kurzen Hallo lief die kleine Bärin aber schnell wieder zu ihrer Freundin, um den Fortgang der Erdarbeiten zu beobachten 😉. Noria Lili Sizzel Diese Sitzposition habe ich als eine […]