Kodiak Bear Attack
The Kodiak brown bear is the largest bear in the world, with the biggest one on record weighing in at close to 1,700 pounds. Being in the presence of one of these massive animals is an experience that evokes instant […]
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Can Grizzly Bears Climb Trees?
One of the many unique abilities that the bears of North America have is that of climbing trees. Black bears, for example, are excellent climbers and can quickly and easily climb trees to great heights. Bears climb trees to help […]
Bear Identification – How to Tell Individual Bears Apart – Grizzly Bears / Brown Bears / Kodiak Bears
To the untrained eye of the casual observer, the mighty brown bears of Alaska can all look pretty much the same. After all, they’re big, brown, furry, have large teeth and sharp claws. What’s so special about that? In reality […]
Bear Gender Identification – How to Identify Male and Female Grizzly Bears / Brown Bears
The bears of North America can often be difficult to identify in regard to their size, age, and gender, especially from long distances. I’ve done a past video about how to field judge the overall size and maturity of bears, […]
Why Do Bears Kill and Eat their Cubs? Bear Infanticide and Cannibalism
There are many mammals in the animal kingdom that disturbingly eat their own offspring, such as lions, chimpanzees, rats, and others. The bears of North America, including black bears, grizzly bears, coastal brown bears, Kodiak bears, and polar bears also […]
Bear Hibernation
One of the most fascinating abilities that the bears of North America have is that of being able to hibernate. In this blog and video, we’ll take a look at the bears of Alaska as an example and I’ll answer […]
The Brown Bears of Brooks Falls – Part 3 – Otis and 747, The Big, Old, Fat Bears of Katmai National Park – Alaska
Welcome back to the third and final installment of the Brown Bears of Brooks Falls blog and video series. In the last episode, we took a look at a death-defying mother bear and her cubs who boldly took on the […]
The Brown Bears of Brooks Falls – Part 2 – Death-Defying Mother Bear and Cubs – Katmai National Park – Alaska
Welcome to part two of the Bears of Brooks Falls series. In this edition, we’ll take a look at a very brave and determined mother brown bear as she trains her cubs in the ways of bear survival while also […]
The Brown Bears of Brooks Falls – Part 1 – Katmai National Park and Preserve – Alaska
Over the years I’ve had the privilege of spending time around many bears throughout Alaska, including the giant Kodiak bears of Kodiak Island, the grizzly bears of the interior, and the big coastal brown bears of the mainland of Alaska, […]
Alaska Bears – Bear Cub Categories
In some of my past blog articles and videos, I covered the topics of how many cubs the brown bears of Alaska generally have, but this time we’ll take a look at the different categories of bear cubs. Most mother […]