An amazing bear story from GSMNP
Imagine this: a sow bear, hit by a vehicle last fall, subsequently denned in the national park and actually gave birth to three healthy cubs during the winter! This is a…
Imagine this: a sow bear, hit by a vehicle last fall, subsequently denned in the national park and actually gave birth to three healthy cubs during the winter! This is a…
We came across this article from BBC Nature that documents research on hibernating black bears, proving that their recuperative powers are truly amazing. Injured bears that enter dens in the winter…
A new video on the ABR YouTube channel shows some very typical behavior of young bears. Click here to see “Just Being Bears.” We have been asked about these “big bears”…
There were some pretty intense storms in our area recently. Fortunately, the bears were unaffected by all the rain, hail, lightning and thunder…uh-oh..THUNDER!! . During one of the storms Tiny was…
Check out this video on YouTube that shows two of the larger yearlings out in ABR’s Wild Side enclosure. They exhibit typical bear behavior: for example, the jaw-popping and blowing sounds, as…
The “Queen Mother” at ABR (Mandy) tweeted “It takes a village to raise a cub.” She is looking at all of you, the ABR blog Village, to help with her many babies.…
As you know, all of the recent arrivals have been very small, especially for yearlings. And our newest yearling, #18, is certainly no exception. Here he is at arrival on…
These two little females started their stay at ABR at 12 pounds each. Stella arrived on February 19th and Bella was admitted on March 3rd. Each of them were lonely to…
It has been five weeks since we posted about yearling cub #7 – “Hardy” who was admitted on February 3rd. We reported that he was a very small bear, weighing…
Yes, it’s true — the 17th yearling cub arrived yesterday (Saturday, March 10th) at ABR! This means that our record for last year of 33 cubs cared for is now…