CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as ...

An official photo description reveals what happened before the bear settled into the field of Arctic flowers, allowing Paetkau to capture the "surreal" winning shot. "A majestic polar bear ...

Christopher Paetkau's award-winning photograph of a polar bear amid fireweed and blooms. An almost surreal photograph of a polar bear at rest in a field of fireweed blooms has won first prize in ...

The "surreal" snap beat out photos of majestic whales ... allowing Paetkau to capture the "surreal" winning shot. "A majestic polar bear wandering through a sea of blazing magenta fireweed ...