Knut won hearts around the world when he was rejected by his mother and raised by keepers at Berlin Zoo. But in 2011, he collapsed and died in front of 600 visitors. Vets concluded that encephalitis - ...

I had the great fortune recently to coauthor with my young daughter Isabella the true story of Owen, an orphaned baby hippo in Kenya who was raised by a giant tortoise named Mzee after the Asian ...

Knut, the star of the Berlin Zoo, died due to swelling in his brain. Zoologischer Garten Berlin AG On March 19, 2011, Knut, a beloved polar bear and the Berlin Zoo’s key attraction, began behaving ...

Journalists watch the full-sized polar bear Knut model covered with the original fur during the presentation to the media at the natural history museum in Berlin February 15, 2013. REUTERS/Fabrizio ...

Knut the polar bear became symbol of a warming world. BERLIN, April 28 2007 — -- He waddles into view with the nonchalance of a rock star -- a foot-high fur ball who just makes everyone want to ...

Video has hit the Internet of the death of the beloved, famed polar bear, Knut, at the Berlin Zoo. Knut was in the enclosure Saturday afternoon when he suddenly collapsed in front of more than 600 ...

World-famous polar bear celebrates first birthday in Berlin zoo. BERLIN, Dec. 5, 2007 — -- Knut, Berlin's famous polar bear, had his first birthday party today and about 700 visitors from all ...

He was the most famous polar bear in the world — the cuddly cub Knut, dubbed Cute Knut, captured people’s hearts after his birth at the Berlin Zoo in December 2006. So it’s no wonder that his sudden ...

The zookeeper who gained fame for hand-rearing the beloved polar bear Knut was found dead in his Berlin apartment Monday. A spokeswoman for Berlin police said Thomas Doerflein was dead when ...

Germany’s youngest celebrity, Knut the polar bear cub, made his much-anticipated public debut at Berlin Zoo on Friday and appeared unfazed by the media scrum surrounding his first excursion. The three ...