Tag: grizzly bears

Grizzlies in western Canada may need to look both ways before they cross the train tracks. Although grizzlies (Ursus arctos horribilis) have often been witnessed alongside the rails seeking grain...

Take a look at the blood chemistry of a hibernating bear, and it will look a lot like a human with diabetes. After bulking up on fat in the fall,...

A pair of young grizzlies (Ursus arctos) have been translocated to help establish a grizzly population in Montana’s Cabinet Mountains and Yaak River ecosystem. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks captured...

A quarter-century after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed the grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) as a threatened species in the Lower 48 states, bears began frequenting the Rocky Mountain...

Decades of records of grizzly bears preying on cattle and other livestock on grazing land in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem have revealed some key ways to limit livestock losses.  “Conflicts...

Federal court decisions in three recent cases illustrate the complexity of the intersection between scientific wildlife management, public opinion and the judicial system. The Pryor Mountain wild horses (Equus caballus),...

Grizzly bears (Ursus arctos horribilis) relocated to Washington’s North Cascades from areas without salmon (Oncorhynchus sp.) may be sensitive to salmon poisoning disease, according to new research. Biologists say the findings...

Poachers and smugglers try to outwit wildlife conservation officers on a daily basis. Efforts to combat wildlife crime and change these illegal behaviors are the focus of the July/August cover...

In the 1990s, researchers at Alaska’s Denali National Park began noticing something strange. Many of the adult female grizzly bears (Ursus arctos) emerging from dens in the springtime on the...

After lifting a ban on releasing orphaned black bears (Ursus americanus) into the wild, Alberta Environment and Parks continues to pursue the question of also lifting a ban against returning...