The polar bear's rise to notoriety. For Derocher, how polar bears became an "accidental icon of climate change" goes back a few decades. It started with monitoring the animal to support the polar ...

Smokey Bear has celebrated 80 years of service preventing wildfires by acting as a mascot for the U.S. Forest Service ad campaigns. ... How Smokey Bear became an icon helping to fight wildfires.

Smokey Bear at a U.S. Forest Service event. “Only YOU can prevent wildfires.” Smokey Bear has advocated fire safety and prevention since 1944. At 80 years old, Smokey is the centerpiece of the ...

The iconic Smokey Bear was authorized by the Forest Service on Aug. 9, 1944, making today his 75th birthday.

CAPITAN, N.M. — There will be 75 candles on his birthday cake and Smokey Bear still hopes none of them start a forest fire. The icon of the longest-running public service campaign in the U.S. is ...

Chief Standing Bear, whose landmark lawsuit in 1879 established that a Native American is a person under the law, is on a new postage stamp. The U.S. Postal Service released a Forever stamp on ...

ICON Park officials said this workshop will include the signature Build-A-Bear Make-Your-Own experience, including the iconic heart ceremony, with an assortment of furry friends, accessories, and ...

Smokey Bear, now 80, to headline National Cherry Festival as icon's message brings controversy. Frank Witsil. Detroit Free Press. One of America’s best-known — and most beloved — bears, ...