1112-6109 - A pair of young grizzly bears (Ursus arctos), in the shrubs near Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, United States of America, North America
1112-6033 - A young brown bear (Ursus arctos), eating grass in Pavlof Harbor, Chichigof Island, Southeast Alaska, United States of America, North America
1112-6034 - A young brown bear (Ursus arctos), in the grass of Misty Fjords National Monument, Southeast Alaska, United States of America, North America
1350-286 - Polar Bear (Ursa maritimus) in fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) on an island off the sub-arctic coast of Hudson Bay, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Bears come to spend the summer loafing on the island and looking for a careless seal or dead whale to wash up. Global warming has shortened their winter so they are increasingly looking for food in the summer.
1350-265 - Polar Bear (Ursa maritimus) in fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) on an island off the sub-arctic coast of Hudson Bay, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.
1350-280 - Polar Bear (Ursa maritimus) in fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) on an island off the sub-arctic coast of Hudson Bay, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Bears come to spend the summer loafing on the island and looking for a careless seal or dead whale to wash up. Global warming has shortened their winter so they are increasingly looking for food in the summer.
1350-256 - Polar Bear (Ursa maritimus) in fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) on an island off the sub-arctic coast of Hudson Bay, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Bears come to spend the summer loafing on the island and looking for a careless seal or dead whale to wash up. Global warming has shortened their winter so they are increasingly looking for food in the summer.
1350-244 - Polar Bear (Ursa maritimus) in fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) on an island off the sub-arctic coast of Hudson Bay, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Bears come to spend the summer loafing on the island and looking for a careless seal or dead whale to wash up. Global warming has shortened their winter so they are increasingly looking for food in the summer.
1350-200 - Polar Bear (ursus maritimus) with relaxed yawn in Fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) on sub-arctic flower covered island at Hubbart Point, Hudson Bay, near Churchill, Manitoba, Northern Canada..
1350-320 - Polar Bear (Ursa maritimus) in fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) on an island off the sub-arctic coast of Hudson Bay, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.
1350-191 - Mother Polar Bear (ursus maritimus) with cubs COY near snow den at Wapusk National Park, Hudson Bay, Churchill area, Manitoba, Northern Canada
1350-199 - Polar Bear (ursus maritimus) relaxing in Fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) on sub-arctic flower covered island at Hubbart Point, Hudson Bay, near Churchill, Manitoba, Northern Canada..
1350-192 - Mother Polar Bear (ursus maritimus) with cubs COY near snow den at Wapusk National Park, Hudson Bay, Churchill area, Manitoba, Northern Canada
1350-193 - Mother Polar Bear (ursus maritimus) with cubs COY near snow den at Wapusk National Park, Hudson Bay, Churchill area, Manitoba, Northern Canada
1350-201 - Mother Polar Bear (ursus maritimus) with cubs dripping on ice in sub-arctic Wager Bay near Hudson Bay, Churchill area, Manitoba, Northern Canada
1350-318 - Polar Bear (Ursa maritimus) on sea ice off the sub-arctic coast of Hudson Bay, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Bears come to the coast of Hudson Bay in Fall waiting for the ice to freeze, and looking for a careless seal or dead whale to wash up. Global warming has shortened their winter so they are increasingly anxious as they wait for winter. While they wait, they engage in frequent wrestling matches to determine a mating hierarchy for the breeding season in March and April, and regularly check on the ice to see if it will carry them out to sea.