Sweet moments like this make you want to hit the paws button. While exploring Glacier National Park in Montana, photographer Seth Anderson witnessed this tender scene between a mother black bear and her cub. Between that and the staggering beauty of the mountains from the Lewis Range as a backdrop, it’s an experience he’ll never forget. Photo courtesy of Seth Anderson.
How can you sleep in on Saturday when there’s so much to see and do on public lands? Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina and Tennessee is one of the largest protected areas in the eastern United States where black bears can live in wild, natural surroundings. Biologists estimate that roughly 1,500 bears live in the park. Bears have color vision and a keen sense of smell. In addition, they are good tree climbers, swim very well and can run 30 miles per hour. If they want to. This little cub’s just not in the mood. Photo by Matt & Delia Hills (www.sharetheexperience.org).
Great Smoky Mountains National Park is one of the largest protected areas in the eastern United States where black bears can live in wild, natural surroundings. Bears inhabit all elevations of the park – with an estimated 1,500 bears living in the park. Bear cubs are usually born in the winter and emerge from their dens in late March or early April. Bears can run 30 miles per hour, can swim very well and are good tree climbers like this baby bear pictured here. Bears can live 12-15 years or more, but animals that have access to human foods and garbage have a life expectancy of only half. Do your part by using the park’s bear-proof dumpsters and disposing of all garbage properly. Photo by Sidney Cromer (www.sharetheexperience.org).
Life is better with friends. Just ask these two bear cubs playing leapfrog at Lake Clark National Park and Preserve in Alaska. Be sure to thank your friends today and tell them how much they mean to you. Friends Day Photo by Hunt Karen (www.sharetheexperience.org).
Happy Labor Day! Thanks to all of the hard workers, especially our Interior employees, who make our country great. Enjoy a nap. We hope you sleep as well as this bear cub at Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee. Photo by Charlie Choc (www.sharetheexperience.org).
You know it’s spring when baby bears 🐻 are out! This cute cub is lounging in a tree at Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee. Mother bears and their cubs usually emerge from their winter dens in late March to early April. Photo by Matt & Delia Hills (www.sharetheexperience.org).
So cute! Bear hug at Katmai National Park in Alaska. #BearCam video by explore.org. 🐻🐻
Happy National Hug Day!
Don’t mess with this mama bear at Katmai National Park! 🐻
Cubs often mimic the behavior of their mothers. This is one way they learn important survival skills. They eat what mom eats, investigate what mom investigates, and may copy her actions around other bears. 273 and her spring cub approached Brooks Falls on July 16 and encountered a single adult female. 273 reacted defensively to back down the other bear. Her cub decided to help mom.
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Here’s a cute video of two baby bears wrestling at Yosemite National Park in California. Jeff Molyneaux captured this amazing video just outside the park near Hetch Hetchy as he was driving home from a hiking and camping trip. Don’t worry, the mama bear is out of the shot, just off the road and after the wrestling match, the bear cubs made it safely to her. “It is still one of the best experiences I have had on a camping trip,” Jeff says. Video courtesy of Jeff Molyneaux.
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