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  • All polar bears may have some Irish ancestry

    Ralph Maughan

    Though polar bears did not originate in Ireland, all may have a maternal line to one ancestral female brown bear in Ireland- Today’s sophisticated genetic analysis keeps finding the most interesting bits of biological history. DNA hints at polar bears’ Irish ancestry. By Susan Miliu. Science News.

  • Grizzly bear kills hiker in Yellowstone National Park

    Brian Ertz

    First fatal encounter in the Park since 1986 Grizzly bear kills hiker in Yellowstone National Park – LA Times – Greenspace Wednesday’s incident appeared to be an act of defense by the bear, which fled with her cubs.  

  • Grizzly bears making homes far from Yellowstone

    Ralph Maughan

    Wonderful news! And don’t believe that stuff about “these areas are no longer biologically suitable for the grizzly.” If they are not suitable, how is it that they are living there? People who say things like that don’t seem to know much about the history of wildlife in the West.  The low point for wildlife…

  • First photo in 40 years of grizzly bear in Washington State’s North Cascades

    Ralph Maughan

    Though USFWS has long estimated 5-10 grizzlies in area, there have been no photos- Grizzly bear photographed in the North Cascades. Seattle Post Intelligencer

  • Still more on Grand Teton grizzlies 399, 610 and their photogenic cubs

    Ralph Maughan

    Happy photographers, traffic jams, a bit of danger, and an opportunity for a screw-up- Mead Gruver of the Associated Press has a new story on these famous roadside bears. – – – – Previously, Friends of bears smile as 399′s daughter shows up with two cubs

  • Gallatin N.F. closes 3 campgrounds to tents near YNP due to bears

    Ralph Maughan

    Soda Butte, Colter, and Nez Perce closed to soft-sided structures- These campgrounds are just northeast of Yellowstone Park. They are not inside the Park. Last July a grizzly bear killed a man in a tent at Soda Butte. Two others were mauled by the sow and her cubs. I always regarded these campgrounds as unsafe…

  • Friends of bears smile as 399’s daughter shows up with two cubs

    Ralph Maughan

    Grand Teton Park’s grizzly bear 610 has her first cubs- Daughter of famous griz is a mom now, too: Grand Teton wildlife watchers thrilled by new generation. Jackson Hole News and Guide. By Cory Hatch Here is a feel good story, and the old gal, gb399, is still around! For years 399 and her three…

  • Carelessness and two grizzly bears dead near Ronan, MT

    Ralph Maughan

    Unprotected chicken coops becoming a source of  bears deaths on Flathead Reservation- Two grizzlies were shot dead last weekend near the base of the bear-heavy Mission Mountains in NW Montana. An elk antler gatherer stumbled into a griz on the Blackfoot-Clearwater Wildlife area and shot the bear. Not far away on the Flathead Indian Reservation…

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