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Steger reunites with Trans-Antarctic dog-sled trek team 
For the first time in 20 years, all six members of the International Trans-Antarctica Expedition -- the dog-sled trek across Antarctica led by Minnesota adventurer Will Steger -- have joined together for a 20th-anniversary reunion of the record-setting 1990 feat.
By Richard Chin , December 10, 2010
Ely, Minn., area research bear killed
A radio-collared bear associated with the North American Bear Center in Ely, Minn., has apparently been killed, despite a call for hunters to spare the collared bears.
By Lisa Baumann , September 08, 2010
Lily and Hope’s friends become Facebook fundraisers
Combine the public’s fascination with two Ely-area black bears with the instant global connection of Facebook, and what do you get?
By John Meyers , August 30, 2010
Lily the bear may be pregnant, but still with Hope
Lily the Internet-famous black bear near Ely still is with her cub, Hope, but also might be pregnant again.
By John Myers , August 17, 2010
DNR: Spiny waterfleas discovered in NE Minnesota lake
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says the pesky invasive species known as spiny waterfleas has turned up in Burntside Lake near Ely.
By Associated Press , August 04, 2010
Internet helps Ely bear center get $100,000 grant
The Ely-based North American Bear Center earned enough support online to win a $100,000 grant from a charitable foundation.
By John Lundy , July 15, 2010
Bear fans still hooked on Lily and Hope
A few of Lily and Hope’s closest friends are coming to Ely at the end of the month.
By John Lundy , July 12, 2010
Researcher's bear work has been lightning rod for fame, controversy
Lynn Rogers’ work with black bears has been controversial for years. Now, with the real-time saga of Hope and Lily playing out on computer screens around the world, Rogers has attracted unprecedented fame.
By John Myers , June 05, 2010
SAM COOK: Bear obsession takes us down murky path
Naming wild critters and using them to promote a nonprofit organization is a tenuous practice. So is feeding them and following them around the woods.
By Sam Cook , June 04, 2010
LOST HOPE: Bear researchers give up hope of reuniting Ely cub with mom Lily
Because Lily, the mother bear, has abandoned Hope twice and shows no signs of trying to find her cub, researchers Lynn Rogers and Sue Mansfield say they will keep trying to find the cub and even help it survive by providing it food, but they won’t again bring it to its mother.
By John Myers , June 03, 2010
Cub getting spunk back after giving bear researchers a scare
Hope, the 4-month-old bear cub who has become the darling of Internet animal lovers, got some of her spunk back Sunday after scaring bear researchers Lynn Rogers and Sue Mansfield with her lethargy and apparent inability to get milk from her mother, Lily, on Saturday.
By Mark Stodghill , May 31, 2010
Biologists worry famous bear cub can’t nurse
Biologists are concerned that a black bear made famous when a webcam caught the birth of her cub is no longer able to nurse after a five-day separation.
By Associated Press , May 30, 2010
Bear reunion: Hope and Lily moving together
Hope and Lily, the reunited black bear cub and mother in the woods west of Ely, Minn., were moving around but apparently still together this morning.
By John Myers , May 27, 2010
MOTHER AND CHILD REUNION: Wayward Minnesota bear cub back with mom
A five-day emotional roller-coaster ride shared by thousands of Internet fans was at least partially over about 7 p.m. Wednesday when Mansfield and co-researcher Lynn Rogers coaxed the 4-month-old cub down the tree with some food and milk offered on a stick.
By John Myers , May 27, 2010
BEAR CUB UPDATE: Still no sign of Hope
Lily, the mother bear, might already have lost interest in her cub as her hormones change, northeastern Minnesota bear researchers say.
By John Myers , May 26, 2010
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