DESCRIPTION: A subspecies of brown bear, the grizzly bear is distinguished by its large size and a distinctive hump between the shoulders. Coloration is usually dark brown but can vary from blond to ...

Coastal brown bears, of which there are several subspecies, including Kodiak bears, can weigh nearly as much as polar bears. A polar bear’s skull and nose are also longer than a grizzly’s.

Though brown bears are typically larger, the size difference between a mature female black bear and a juvenile grizzly can be negligible ... than a black bear’s dark claws, which are shorter ...

In Yellowstone National Park a few years ago, I listened while a man confidently explained to his wife why a brown-phase black bear was a grizzly bear. He based most of his description on the ...

The 28-year-old brown grizzly bear was fatally struck by a vehicle in Snake River Canyon, just south of Jackson, Wyoming, in the dark of night at around 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday. She was identified ...

As the story goes, this "albino brown bear" (sometimes described as an "albino grizzly bear," depending on the source) was airlifted to the Arctic time and time again after being mistaken for a ...

Depending on the source, the "albino brown bear" or "albino grizzly bear" has repeatedly been transported to the Arctic after mistakenly being identified as an out-of-place polar bear. Why?

Grizzly 399, a beloved mama bear known as the queen of Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park, has died after being hit by a car, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service reports. The 28-year-old brown ...