Bears

Information on The Taiga & Boreal Forest

Brown bear (Ursus arctos) mother and three cubs of the year, northern Yukon, Arctic Canada

Brown bear (Ursus arctos) digging for the nutritious roots of tundra wildflowers, northern Yukon, Arctic Canada

Brown bear (Ursus arctos) cubs of the year wrestling while their mother digs for nutritious plant roots in the background, northern Yukon, Arctic Canada

Brown bear, Ursus arctos. Admiralty Island. S.E. Alaska. 1988

Coastal brown bear, Ursus arctos, mother with triplet cubs of the year, Alaska.

Mother brown bear, Ursus arctos, and triplet yearling cubs grazing on sedges, coastal Alaska.

Yearling brown bear cub, Ursus arctos, coastal Alaska.

Mother brown bear, Ursus arctos, nursing triplet 4-month old cubs of the year, Coastal Alaska.

Mother brown bear, Ursus arctos, with yearling cubs, coastal Alaska.

Mother brown bear, Ursus arctos, with yearling triplet cubs, coastal Alaska.

Mother brown bear, Ursus arctos, with triplet yearling cubs, coastal, Alaska.

Triplet yearling brown bear cubs, Ursus arctos. coastal Alaska.

Mother brown bear, Ursus arctos, fishing for salmon with her triplet yearling cubs, coastal Alaska.

Mother brown bear, Ursus arctos, and yearling cub, coastal Alaska.

Brown bear mother, Ursus arctos, with triplet yearling cubs, coastal Alaska.

Brown bears, Ursus arctos, fishing for pink salmon at a waterfalls, coastal Alaska.

Mother brown bear, Ursus arctos, and her yearling triplet cubs fishing at a salmon stream, coastal, Alaska.

Brown bear, Ursus arctos, with a sockeye salmon, coastal Alaska.

Biologist examining the teeth of a tranquilized brown bear, Ursus arctos, Northwest Territories, Canada.

Brown bear mother, Ursus arctos, with triplet cubs-of-the year crossing Arctic tundra, Alaska.

Adult brown bear, Ursus arctos, walking up a valley stream bed, British Columbia, Canada.

Closeup of the 5-inch long front claws of an adult brown bear, Ursus arctos, Barrengrounds, Canadian Arctic

Subadult brown bear, Ursus arctos, standing to investigate another bear nearby, British Columbia, Canada

Adult male brown bear, Ursus arctos, Rocky Mountains, Alberta, Canada

Adult grizzly bear, Ursus arctos, prior to winter denning, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada

Adult brown bear, Ursus arctos, western Alberta, Canada

Adult brown bear, Ursus arctos, western Alberta, Canada

Brown Bear with a salmon it has caught in a stream. Admiralty Island. Alaska.

Brown Bear with a Salmon Admiralty Island. SE Alaska. 1988

Grizzly bear hunting for salmon. Admiralty Island. SE. Alaska. 1988