A group of tourists with Scenic Bear Viewing were observing Alaskan coastal brown bears on the beach when one male decided to charge them in a heart-pounding encounter. “I have been bear guiding ...

It’s complicated. Here’s a full breakdown. What technically separates grizzly bears from coastal brown bears and Kodiak bears is that they do not have ready access to marine animals to eat ...

Body size can also be misleading. In North America, brown bears include both huge coastal brown bears, which can weigh 1,600 pounds or more, and mainland grizzlies, which typically stand 5 to 8 ...

I was late for class.” Meet Elleana Elliott, a photographer from Hoonah, Alaska, whose main interest is photographing coastal brown bears. Elleana is Inupiaq and Tlingit, Raven, T’akdeintaan ...

Jim Schulz/CZS-Brookfield Zoo Share Two orphaned Alaskan coastal brown bears have found a new home at Brookfield Zoo. The 10-month-old cubs — the first brown bears to be added to the zoo’s ...

CHICAGO (CBS)-- Bear cubs orphaned in Alaska have a new home at the Brookfield Zoo. Two Alaskan coastal brown bears, who are around 10 months old, have a new forever home at the zoon, thanks to ...

Another remarked that the bear could have been a contender in the annual Fat Bear Week competition that features coastal brown bears of the Brooks River in Alaska’s Katmai National Park.

Within the last couple weeks, Alaskan Coastal Brown Bears Tundra and Banks of the Lake Superior Zoo started waking up. It’s welcome news to zookeepers who say this is a sure sign that spring ...

David Stumpf holds the spent .45 cartridge he sent over the author’s head, which turned a charging coastal brown bear at less than 15 paces. Photo by Scott Haugen Spend enough time in remote Alaska ...

We got our first look at the big brown bear under conditions that made a stalk out of the question. It was late evening, and although the May twilight is long on the Alaska Peninsula, there was hardly ...