Alaskan brown bear catching a jumping salmon, Brooks Falls.
A large, old brown bear (grizzly bear) wades across Brooks River. Coastal and near-coastal brown bears in Alaska can live to 25 years of age, weigh up to 1400 lbs and stand over 9 feet tall.
Mature male coastal brown bear boar (grizzly bear) in sedge grass meadows. Lake Clark National Park, Alaska. Ursus arctos.
Young coastal brown bear, pausing while grazing in tall sedge grass, Lake Clark National Park, Alaska. Ursus arctos.
Two mature brown bears fight to establish hierarchy and fishing rights.
Brown bear waits for salmon at Brooks Falls. Blurring of the water is caused by a long shutter speed. Brooks River.
Brown bear walks on tide flats. Grizzly bear.
Juvenile female coastal brown bear (grizzly bear) grazes on sedge grass.
A brown bear mother (sow) stands in tall sedge grass to look for other approaching bears that may be a threat to her cubs.
Coastal brown bear forages for razor clams in sand flats at extreme low tide. Grizzly bear.
Brown bears fighting or sparring. These are likely young but sexually mature males that are simply mock fighting for practice.
Coastal brown bear on sand flats at low tide.
Grizzly bear, autumn, fall, brown grasses.
Brown bear female sow with spring cubs. These three cubs were born earlier in the spring and will remain with their mother for almost two years, relying on her completely for their survival.
Alaskan brown bear catching a jumping salmon, Brooks Falls.
A brown bear eats a salmon it has caught in the Brooks River.
Brown bear spring cub, just a few months old.
Brown bear walks through the marshes that skirt the Brooks River.
Coastal brown bear forages for razor clams on mud flats at extreme low tide.
Mature male brown bear boat walks in tall sedge grass.
Mother and cub coastal brown bear in sedge grass meadow, Johnson River.
Brown bear (grizzly bear).
Alaskan brown bear catching a jumping salmon, Brooks Falls.
A brown bear eats a salmon it has caught in the Brooks River.
Alaskan brown bear catching a jumping salmon, Brooks Falls.