1184-13275 - Polar bear (Ursus Maritimus) on Axel Heiberg island, Nunavut, Canadian Arcitic, Canada

1184-13274 - Polar bear (Ursus Maritimus) on Axel Heiberg island, Nunavut, Canadian Arcitic, Canada

1184-13273 - Polar bear (Ursus Maritimus) on Axel Heiberg island, Nunavut, Canadian Arcitic, Canada

1184-13272 - Polar bear (Ursus Maritimus) on Axel Heiberg island, Nunavut, Canadian Arcitic, Canada

1184-13271 - Polar bear (Ursus Maritimus) on Axel Heiberg island, Nunavut, Canadian Arcitic, Canada

1184-13270 - Polar bear (Ursus Maritimus) on Axel Heiberg island, Nunavut, Canadian Arcitic, Canada

1184-13269 - Polar bear (Ursus Maritimus) on Axel Heiberg island, Nunavut, Canadian Arcitic, Canada

1184-13268 - Polar bear (Ursus Maritimus) on Axel Heiberg island, Nunavut, Canadian Arcitic, Canada

1184-13267 - Polar bear (Ursus Maritimus) on Axel Heiberg island, Nunavut, Canadian Arcitic, Canada

1184-13266 - Polar bear (Ursus Maritimus) on Axel Heiberg island, Nunavut, Canadian Arcitic, Canada

1184-13265 - Polar bear (Ursus Maritimus) on Axel Heiberg island, Nunavut, Canadian Arcitic, Canada

1184-13264 - Polar bear (Ursus Maritimus) on Axel Heiberg island, Nunavut, Canadian Arcitic, Canada

1184-13263 - Polar bear (Ursus Maritimus) on Axel Heiberg island, Nunavut, Canadian Arcitic, Canada

1184-13262 - Polar bear (Ursus Maritimus) on Axel Heiberg island, Nunavut, Canadian Arcitic, Canada

1112-10212 - A curious young polar bear (Ursus maritimus) approaches the National Geographic Explorer in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway.

1112-10211 - A curious young polar bear (Ursus maritimus) approaches the National Geographic Explorer in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway.

1112-10210 - A curious young polar bear (Ursus maritimus) approaches the National Geographic Explorer in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway.

1112-10209 - A curious young polar bear (Ursus maritimus) approaches the National Geographic Explorer in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway.

1112-10208 - A curious young polar bear (Ursus maritimus) approaches the National Geographic Explorer in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway.

1112-10207 - A curious young polar bear (Ursus maritimus) approaches the National Geographic Explorer in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway.

1112-10206 - A curious young polar bear (Ursus maritimus) approaches the National Geographic Explorer in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway.

1112-9805 - An old, emaciated adult male polar bear (Ursus maritimus) desperately searching for food in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway, Arctic, Europe

1112-9804 - An old, emaciated adult male polar bear (Ursus maritimus) desperately searching for food in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway, Arctic, Europe

1112-9803 - An adult polar bear (Ursus maritimus) on ice floe under bright sun burst in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway, Arctic, Europe

1112-9802 - An adult polar bear (Ursus maritimus) swimming and hauling itself onto ice floe in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway, Arctic, Europe

1112-9801 - An adult polar bear (Ursus maritimus) swimming and hauling itself onto ice floe in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway, Arctic, Europe

1112-9800 - A mother and cub polar bear (Ursus maritimus) traveling from ice floe to ice floe in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway, Arctic, Europe

1112-9799 - An adult polar bear (Ursus maritimus) traveling from ice floe to ice floe in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway, Arctic, Europe

1112-9798 - A curious young polar bear (Ursus maritimus) on ice floe in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway, Arctic, Europe

1112-9797 - A juvenile polar bear (Ursus maritimus) skull, possibly predated by adult polar bear, in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway, Arctic, Europe

1112-9796 - A curious young polar bear (Ursus maritimus) on ice floe in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway, Arctic, Europe

1112-9795 - A curious young polar bear (Ursus maritimus) on ice floe in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway, Arctic, Europe

1112-9794 - An adult polar bear (Ursus maritimus) leaping from ice floe to ice floe in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway, Arctic, Europe

1112-9793 - An adult polar bear (Ursus maritimus) leaping from ice floe to ice floe in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway, Arctic, Europe

1112-9792 - An adult polar bear (Ursus maritimus) leaping from ice floe to ice floe in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway, Arctic, Europe

1112-9791 - An adult polar bear (Ursus maritimus) leaping from ice floe to ice floe in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway, Arctic, Europe

1112-9790 - A curious young polar bear (Ursus maritimus) on the ice in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway, Arctic, Europe

1112-9717 - Adult male polar bear (Ursus maritimus) on multi-year ice floes in Franz Josef Land, Russia, Arctic Ocean, Eurasia

1112-9716 - Adult male polar bear (Ursus maritimus) on multi-year ice floes in Franz Josef Land, Russia, Arctic Ocean, Eurasia

1112-9715 - Adult male polar bear (Ursus maritimus) on multi-year ice floes in Franz Josef Land, Russia, Arctic Ocean, Eurasia

1112-9714 - Adult female polar bear (Ursus maritimus) rolling in snow to clean its fur on multi-year ice floes in Franz Josef Land, Russia, Eurasia

1112-9713 - Adult female polar bear (Ursus maritimus) walking on multi-year ice floes in Franz Josef Land, Russia, Arctic Ocean, Eurasia

1112-9712 - Adult female polar bear (Ursus maritimus) walking on multi-year ice floes in Franz Josef Land, Russia, Arctic Ocean, Eurasia

1112-9711 - Adult female polar bear (Ursus maritimus) rolling in snow to clean its fur on multi-year ice floes in Franz Josef Land, Russia, Arctic Ocean, Eurasia

1112-9710 - Adult female polar bear (Ursus maritimus) walking on multi-year ice floes in Franz Josef Land, Russia, Arctic Ocean, Eurasia

1112-9709 - Adult female polar bear (Ursus maritimus) yawning with mouth open on multi-year ice floes in Franz Josef Land, Russia, Eurasia

1112-9708 - Adult male polar bear (Ursus maritimus) on multi-year ice floes in Franz Josef Land, Russia, Arctic Ocean, Eurasia

1112-9707 - Adult male polar bear (Ursus maritimus) on multi-year ice floes in Franz Josef Land, Russia, Arctic Ocean, Eurasia

1112-9556 - Adult brown bear (Ursus arctos) foraging along the shoreline at Pavlof Harbor on Chichagof Island, United States of America, North America

1112-9557 - Adult brown bear (Ursus arctos) near kayakers along the shoreline at Pavlof Harbor on Chichagof Island, United States of America, North America

1112-9555 - Adult brown bear pair (Ursus arctos) fishing for pink salmon at Pavlof Harbor on Chichagof Island, Southeast Alaska, United States of America, North America

1112-9554 - Adult brown bear (Ursus arctos) fishing for pink salmon at Pavlof Harbor on Chichagof Island, Southeast Alaska, United States of America, North America

1112-9553 - Adult American black bear (Ursus americanus) near Mendenhall Glacier, Southeast Alaska, United States of America, North America

1112-9552 - Adult American black bear (Ursus americanus) near Mendenhall Glacier, Southeast Alaska, United States of America, North America

1116-53312 - Portrait of a black bear (Ursus americanus) pausing on a mountainside from feeding on lowbush cranberries and looking at the camera on a mid-October afternoon in Southcentral Alaska's Chugach Mountains, Alaska, United States of America

1116-53308 - Portrait of a Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) lying in the snow looking out from behind a snowbank, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada

1116-53307 - Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) in the snow at twilight in the Canadian arctic, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada

1116-53305 - Polar bear (Ursus maritimes) lying down in the snow, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada

1116-53306 - Portrait of a Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) sitting in snow on the Canadian tundra, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada

1116-53302 - Portrait of a Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) walking in the snow of the Canadian arctic at twilight, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada

1116-53300 - Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) on tundra vegetation, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada

1116-53299 - Portrait of a polar bear (Ursus maritimes) standing in the snow looking at the camera, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada

1116-53298 - Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) running in the snow, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada

1116-53297 - Portrait of two Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in the snow and ice of the Canadian arctic, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada

1116-53295 - Polar bears (Ursus maritimes) walking on the snow, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada

1116-53245 - A brown bear (Ursus arctos) standing upright among the sedges, appears to dance to music only it can hear overlooking McNeil Cove in Southwestern Alaska, Alaska, United States of America

1116-53246 - A brown bear (Ursus arctos) standing upright among the sedges, appears to dance to music only it can hear overlooking McNeil Cove in Southwestern Alaska, Alaska, United States of America

1116-53241 - Brown bear (Ursus arctos) pauses on a spit extending into southwestern Alaska's McNeil Cove, Alaska, United States of America

1116-53240 - Brown bear (Ursus arctos) encountered near the sedge flats near McNeil River, Alaska. Brown bears feed heavily on nutritious sedges each spring and early summer prior to the arrival of local salmon runs, Alaska, United States of America

1116-53239 - Yearling brown bear siblings (Ursus arctos) roughhousing near McNeil River, Alaska, while their mother feeds nearby on sedges, Alaska, United States of America

1116-53237 - Sow brown bear (Ursus arctos) feeds on sedges as her yearling cub looks on near McNeil River, Alaska. Brown bears gather in the area each spring and early summer to feed heavily on nutritious sedges prior to the arrival of local salmon runs, Alaska, United States of America

1116-53238 - Yearling Brown bear siblings (Ursus arctos) take a break from roughhousing near McNeil River, Alaska, while their mother feeds nearby on sedges. Brown bears gather in the area each spring and early summer to feed heavily on nutritious sedges prior to the arrival of local salmon runs, Alaska, United States of America

1116-53009 - Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) surrounded by fall foliage in Denali National Park, Denali National Park & Preserve, Interior Alaska, Alaska, United States of America

1116-53457 - Brown bear (Ursus arctos) pauses on a sedge flat near McNeil River in Southwest Alaska. Sedges are surprisingly high in protein and are a favored food for brown bears early in the summer before salmon runs ramp up, Alaska, United States of America

1116-53456 - Black bear (Ursus americanus) pauses from preparing for hibernation by foraging for wild berries on a Turnagain Arm mountainside in late October, Alaska, United States of America

860-292356 - Brown bear mating attempt, Carpathian Mountains, Romania

860-292204 - Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) in water, Wahlbergoya, Nordaust-Svalbard, Arctic.

860-292203 - Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) feeding on a whale carcass, Wahlbergoya, Nordaust-Svalbard, Arctic.

860-292201 - Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) on shore and walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) in the water, Smeerenburg, Amsterdamoya, Svalbard, Arctic.

860-292200 - Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) on shore and walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) in the water, Smeerenburg, Amsterdam Island, Svalbard, Arctic.

860-292194 - Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) on an Arctic cliff, Fuglefjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard.

832-404495 - European brown bear (Ursus arctos) walking through swampy terrain, autumn, rear taiga, northern Finland, Finland, Europe

832-404491 - Brown bear (Ursus arctos), grizzly lying in the grass, dark colouring, North Yukon, Yukon Territory, Canada, North America

832-404488 - Brown bear (Ursus arctos), grizzly eating grass and flowers, light colouring, Yukon Territory, Canada, North America

832-404485 - Brown bear (Ursus arctos), grizzly young on the coast, eating salmon, Katmai, Alaska, USA, North America

832-404481 - Brown bear (Ursus arctos), grizzly young, light colouring, tundra, North Yukon, Yukon Territory, Canada, North America

832-404478 - European brown bear (Ursus arctos) standing at a small lake, reflection, autumn, taiga in the background, Northern Finland, Finland, Europe

860-291927 - Brown bear (Ursus arctos) gnawing on a bone, Sweden

1200-631 - Eurasian brown bear (Ursus arctos arctos) standing in flowering cotton grass (Eriophorum angustifolium), Finland, Europe

1200-630 - Eurasian brown bear (Ursus arctos arctos) in swamp filled with flowering cotton grass (Eriophorum angustifolium), Finland, Europe

1200-628 - Eurasian brown bear (Ursus arctos arctos) in swamp filled with flowering cotton grass (Eriophorum angustifolium), Finland, Europe

1200-629 - Eurasian brown bear (Ursus arctos arctos) in swamp filled with flowering cotton grass (Eriophorum angustifolium), Finland, Europe

1200-627 - Eurasian brown bear (Ursus arctos arctos) in swamp filled with flowering cotton grass (Eriophorum angustifolium), Finland, Europe

1200-625 - Eurasian brown bear (Ursus arctos arctos) in swamp filled with flowering cotton grass (Eriophorum angustifolium), Finland, Europe

1200-624 - Eurasian brown bear (Ursus arctos arctos) beside lake, Finland, Europe

1200-623 - Eurasian brown bear (Ursus arctos arctos) in swamp filled with flowering cotton grass (Eriophorum angustifolium), Finland, Europe

1200-622 - Eurasian brown bear (Ursus arctos arctos) cubs in swamp filled with flowering cotton grass, Finland, Europe

1200-621 - Eurasian brown bear (Ursus arctos arctos) beside lake in morning mist, Finland, Europe

1200-620 - Eurasian brown bear (Ursus arctos arctos) beside lake in morning mist, Finland, Europe

1200-619 - Eurasian brown bear (Ursus arctos arctos) beside lake in morning mist, Finland, Europe