After a 100-year hiatus, it seems that bears may be coming back to Switzerland after the first brown bear was sighted recently in the Swiss canton of Graubünden, the eastern most part of the country.

The authorities acted after a brown bear was spotted several times in Switzerland in July 2005 ... a long association with the Swiss capital, Bern. It is said that the founder of Bern, Berchtold ...

Park officials have been expecting the return of the brown bear for months ... However, Switzerland has a long association with bears: its capital, Bern, is said to be named after one.

A zoo in Switzerland ... killed a healthy bear cub but will now stuff and display it to teach children that “nature can be cruel.” Details of the fate of the baby brown bear, known only ...

Pedro, a 28-year-old brown bear, was put ... an important role in Bern, which features the animal on its flag and coat-of-arms. The animals were plentiful in Switzerland until being hunted to ...

Now it appears that the local wildlife want their moment in the spotlight as a rare sighting of a brown bear on the ... last year in the Bern and Uri cantons (states) of Switzerland – last ...

Another one of the most interesting facts about Bern is that it was named after a bear, and you can see brown bears in one of the city’s most popular parks during the warmer months. I visited ...

The terrifying attack unfolded at Bern Bear Park in Switzerland on a Saturday afternoon in November 2009. Dramatic photographs show the moment that Finn, a four-year-old European brown bear ...

A zoo in Switzerland ... killed a healthy bear cub but will now stuff and display it to teach children that “nature can be cruel.” Details of the fate of the baby brown bear, known only ...