Bears

One morning in mid-July, Lana M. Ciarniello, a bear biologist in British Columbia, caught a flight from Vancouver Island, where she lives, to a wildlife sanctuary in the northwestern part of the province to meet two baby grizzlies, the…

Grizzly bears move through landscapes the same way most people do, preferring flat trails over slopes and gentle speeds over sprints. This emerges from a notable new study of grizzly bears and shows how their outdoor life compares to…

The return of the wolf and grizzly bear to the northern Rockies are two success stories that emerged from the Endangered Species Act. When grizzly bears were classified as Endangered Species in 1975, there were 100 to 200 of them, mostly…

Assessing the potential impact on polar bears had been a stumbling block in approving a seismic survey in the refuge. An earlier proposal from 2018 was ultimately put on hold as an environmental review and work was done to determine the…