A Californian homeowner got more than he bargained for when they found a bear chilling out in their backyard.

The 34 year-old was seen sporting the new gold band in Paris during Fashion Week.

After singing with Hozier and becoming one of the faces of the Repeal campaign, Jess Kavanagh is now intent on making a of of her funky fourpiece, writes Eoghan O’Sullivan.

A bear has been killed after it escaped from its enclosure at a zoo in the northern German town of Osnabruck.

Spot of lunch?

Tuffy was rescued last September from a bear bile farm and brought to Animal Asia’s Vietnam sanctuary.

A family heirloom teddy bear that had been in the family for over 35 years has been returned to its rightful owner after being lost on a flight home from Faro earlier this week.

A female snowboarder was chased by a bear while singing Rihanna’s ‘Work’.

Two dirt bikers got more danger than they bargained for recently while out at Lake Ingozero in Russia.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s former bodyguard, who recently has been appointed regional governor, said he once confronted a bear outside Putin’s residence.

A hunter tracking elk in the Montana mountains said he fended off an attacking grizzly bear by shoving his arm into its throat to induce a gag reflex that would frighten it away, according to state wildlife managers.

He just needed to relax after a long day of being a bear.

"Ah, a bear!" "Ah, a human!"

An Asiatic black bear, who was rescued from a farm in southeast Asia, has taken to walking like a human after its ordeal.

He looks soooo relaxed...

England: A pair of sloths have speeded up their usual slow dating game to produce London Zoo’s first baby sloth.

It's un-bear-ably adorable.

Meet the bear cub who has captured the hearts of locals near Lake Tahoe, after she was rescued by a local wildlife group.