Tag: brown bears

Researchers working in Alaska’s Katmai Coast have discovered a surprising new interaction between mammals on small islands off the coast: grizzly bears are preying on sea otters. This first-of-its-kind discovery...

Mountain biking is a popular activity on public lands, and a recent decision to allow electric bikes in National Parks and other Interior Department lands may bring even more bikes...

For brown bear cubs, it pays to be a mama’s boy or girl. Researchers recently found that brown bear (Ursus arctos) cubs in south-central Sweden stay with their mothers longer...

In parts of Alaska where brown bears (Ursus arctos) prey heavily upon the calves of caribou (Rangifer tarandus) and moose (Alces alces), fastening collar-mounted cameras on the bears could be an...

Wolves tend to kill prey less often when bears are present, according to recent research. This is contrary to the previous assumption that wolves kill more often when bears are...

Armed with cans of bear spray they hope to never use, recreationists in the Alaskan wilderness dread crossing paths with brown bears (Ursus arctos). But these large carnivores seem wary...

For several decades, researchers have been bottle-feeding and caring for different species of orphaned bears throughout the world before releasing them back into the wild — but an absence of...