Tonight!!

Mon 8 Dec @ 6.30pm online BEASTS OF BANKSIDE Dr Liam Lewis, Dr Lizzie Wright & Professor Hannah O’Regan The @archaeobears.bsky.social team share their latest research into the lives of the animals performing in the bear-baiting arenas that stood next to The Rose. www.roseplayhouse.org.uk/whats-on

Two mother polar bears and their respective cubs beating a hasty retreat from a large male who had just showed up in the neighborhood. Males are a risk to cubs. #BearSeason2025 #mammals 🌿

Something lovely for the weekend! Magical amber animals from the Mesolithic. Carved between 10,000-7,000 years ago. Amber can generate static electricity⚡️ For their ancient owners, these small animals could give off sparks in the dark and make hair stand on end, as if by magic✨ 📷 me #Archaeology

One of my favourite polar bear photos I've taken to date. It was a weird, misty evening with just a sliver of sunlight coming through the fog, lighting up this bear on the rocks just outside of town. #mammals 🌿 #BearSeason2025

Roman glass cups with colourful enamel decoration of animals from the Roman arena. AD 200s. Found in richly-furnished graves in Denmark. National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen. 📷 by me #FindsFriday #Archaeology

When you're hungry, but Mom doesn't want to wake up. #BearSeason #Mammals 🌿🐻‍❄️

We’re going - are you? Come and find out more about #archaeology and why it’s one of the best subjects ever @uniarchday.bsky.social in London on Oct 27th. 🧪🏺🔬🦴

I'm delighted, grateful, and a little dazed to be among this year's Philip Leverhulme Prize winners @leverhulme.ac.uk, and among such excellent company. A little more on my research hopes at the @unisouthampton.bsky.social press release: www.southampton.ac.uk/humanities/n...

#inktober2025 11)Sting. Quick one today as I’ve been out at a lovely folklore, art and archaeology session. Everything is about balancing risk and reward - for every sting there is the chance of honey!🍯

Sorry, bear emoji explainer: Hezekiah Moscow was also a bear tamer 👍🏻

Plan of the #Roman amphitheatre of Viminacium, Serbia. Discovery and analysis of brown bear remains here indicate bears were captured nearby and forced to fight for entertainment. (£) doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

Corporal Wojtek of the Polish army, WW2, with human friend.

Part of a photo study entitled 'Amphetamine bears of Poplar'

Did you know? 💭 Sloth bears have several adaptations for a myrmecophagous lifestyle, meaning they eat mostly ants and termites. Check out our species pages and explore the fascinating adaptations of all 8 bear species: www.bearbiology.org/the-eight-be... *References in alt-text* #slothbear

Spotlight on Europe’s rarest bear: global conference in the Central Apennines Steps taken to help people share space with bears in the Central Apennines of Italy mean the future of the Marsican brown bear now looks brighter. rewildingeurope.com/news/spotlig...

This is a really neat bit of work on Bankside as an entertainment space, based on years of painstaking professional excavation. A hard read for a dog-lover, but fascinating nonetheless www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

🏺🧪🐻 Cool stuff from the @archaeobears.bsky.social crew #BoxOfficeBears

What was life like for the animals that fought in the amphitheatres of the #Roman Empire? New research tells the story of a fighting bear from Roman Serbia. Learn more (£) doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

A selection of finds from the Viking camp at Aldwark in the collection of NW Heritage CIC. Note the bear face on the left - looks Roman/Byzantine? #medievalsky #york Viking North Exhibition

Day 4 “All by myself …”🎶🎤 Everyone working hard in the cave in various areas… A few bear and reindeer bones coming out today… #Castlepookcave #CSG #PALAEOIreland #IrishCaveBones #cavearchaeology @ria.ie @researchireland.ie 🏺

A fabulous English sampler dated 1598 and showing a muzzled bear and a large dog. Bears are really unusual motifs on samplers - here the V&A say they’re related to heraldry. H/t @isabellarosner.bsky.social on instagram. collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O46183/...

A fabulous English sampler dated 1598 and showing a muzzled bear and a large dog. Bears are really unusual motifs on samplers - here the V&A say they’re related to heraldry. H/t @isabellarosner.bsky.social on instagram. collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O46183/...

I really enjoyed meeting the @suttontrust.bsky.social students @uniofnottingham.bsky.social today and sharing the wonder of #archaeology. I suspect they now know more about 🐻 than they ever thought they would.

"Dima had leapt from the bank onto the bear, dispatching her with a single bite to the nape of her neck, almost before she was even aware of his presence." Wild recount of tigers predating bears 🤯🧪🐯

The theatre wasn't the only form of entertainment in Elizabethan England, though. Just down the road from the Globe were several 'bear gardens', where the unpleasant (but popular) 'sport' of bear baiting was staged 2/2 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... @archaeobears.bsky.social‬ #BoxOfficeBears

#OnThisDay in 1613 the Globe Theatre, built by William #Shakespeare's play company, burned down. It was rebuilt the following year but ultimately pulled down for good between 1644-45 to make room for tenement buildings 1/2 📷 Tohma / CC BY-SA 4.0

Sat 5 July @ 1pm & 3pm DISCOVERY DAY: ARCHAEOLOGY Tickets: £7/£5 Book: bit.ly/4elAlMZ Come and see the archaeological site of The Rose Playhouse, learn how its remains are preserved, and discover what the future holds. You'll be able to handle objects from the period, similar to those found here.

During his life, Mistahi-maskwa (Big Bear) was one of the most important chiefs of the 19th century. He pushed for peace, and for the prosperity of his people. Despite this, he spent his last years imprisoned for treason. This is his story. 🧵 1/11

If you would like to watch something other than Trump's war, may I recommend the Brooks Falls live cam? It's back on, y'all, and there's a bear! #fatbearweek #brooksfalls #alaska #livecam #nps

Spring bears are thin bears

is it time to bust out my "bigfoot is bears" photo collection again? if your mental image of a bear is a thick-furred, fat glossy male bear in autumn, you're probably not prepared for how weird their proportions can look in spring, or when walking upright, like they frequently do.

When Brighton Zoological Gardens was closed in 1832, the animals were auctioned off in early 1833. Some months later a Bear’s Grease manufacturer in London was advertising the slaughter of and fresh grease from one of those bears. Commodified in life and death. #BearFacts #Arctoid

Do people want to see #Wrestling + #Shakespeare? The answer is clear - only 10 tickets left!! Grab yours now (if you still can!) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bardcore-m...

In this cultural landscape, the probability of at least one bear being present is higher than the probability of no bears being present in the area captured by the photo. Transylvania, a lansdcape I know well.

"Arctic Encounter" oil on board by Arthur Wardle (1864-1949). Via Christie's. #arctic #everydayalaska

Awakened Emily Kewageshig ~ Anishinaabe 2023

@archaeobears.bsky.social - I was thinking of you and the rest of the #BoxOfficeBears team while on a visit to Dover Museum.

Polar bears weigh 1-1.5 pounds when born but grow approximately 20 times their original body weight in 12 weeks! Polar bear milk is the fattiest found on land, at about 31% fat when the cubs are born. This provides enough calories to help cubs grow rapidly. #FunFactFriday 🐻‍❄️

Our cuddly friend is less local... Taken near Ely by Godfrey Bingley, this image captures a cute carving of a bear climbing a tree 🍯 Read more about the Bear Pit's history, and shape how it will be used going forward: leedscivictrust.org.uk/bear-pit/ 📸 1884-1913, MS 1788/56/93

📣 𝑵𝒆𝒘 𝑨𝒏𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑯𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒆𝒑𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒅𝒆: Hello, my fellow animal lovers and history buffs! In this latest video from my Animals in History series, I explore the story of Wojtek, the bear that became a WWII Polish soldier. 🐻 youtu.be/MU3LOUKKQws?... See my playlist on YouTube for more stories.

If you like #Shakespeare and / or #Wrestling, then you don’t want to miss #BARDCORE. A Midsummer’s Night Dream like you’ve never seen it before! 10th May, at Lakeside Theatre, #Nottingham 🎭 Book tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bardcore-m...

If you like #Shakespeare and / or #Wrestling, then you don’t want to miss #BARDCORE. A Midsummer’s Night Dream like you’ve never seen it before! 10th May, at Lakeside Theatre, #Nottingham 🎭 Book tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bardcore-m...

PhD Studentship available! @ihr.bsky.social and Historic Royal Palaces AHRC CDP project on the Tower of London and Londoners, late medieval and Tudor. Focus on looking at everyday people supplying the Tower, especially migrants, also global commodities. Full fees + stipend - UK or international

Things have been busy at BOB HQ with two papers published in the last two months. We’re also very pleased to announce we’ve signed an OA book contract with UCL press to bring all our lovely interdisciplinary #earlymodern research together. Find out more here: boxofficebears.com/bob-in-print/

Joyful abundance of #BoxOfficeBears news to share, including 2 new articles and... 🥁🥁🥁 🎉OUR BOOK CONTRACT NOW SIGNED! Fully open-access with @uclpress.bsky.social. We're excited and busying away writing. 🗣️Read all about it, read all about it 🗣️ here: boxofficebears.com/bob-in-print/

Things have been busy at BOB HQ with two papers published in the last two months. We’re also very pleased to announce we’ve signed an OA book contract with UCL press to bring all our lovely interdisciplinary #earlymodern research together. Find out more here: boxofficebears.com/bob-in-print/

Go west! Hudson Bay polar bears are moving back towards their summering area. Polar bears wander far during winter but they're real homebodies & prefer to summer in the same area year after year. All moms with cubs now on the ice.

Complete with menagerie history if you go to their website. There are bear pits and forgotten menageries/ zoological gardens all over the UK.