What’s Up, Cubs?
The cub “Frenemies,” Cosmo and Hops, are back on center stage again today. It started when Cosmo Bear took a nice snooze on the resting platform in Wild Enclosure #3.…
Nighttime at ABR
Black bears have excellent night vision, and the enclosure cams at ABR capture the antics of the cubs at all hours. We saw some nighttime shenanigans recently in Wild Enclosure…
A Hole is to Dig (even for bear cubs)
We’ve seen the cubs doing many different things in their enclosures, from swimming, to wrestling, to tree climbing, to playing on the Tire Bridge. Then there was digging, which was…
What a Life!
The cubs at ABR live quite the life, playing, eating, sleeping, eating, sleeping . . .and so on. Today we check in with the cubs in Wild Enclosure #4, and…
Chonkier and Chonkier
Yes, the cubs are definitely chonkifying (or chubbifying, if you prefer). And with their noses to the ground day and night, it will continue, we are sure! Isn’t it funny…
Confrontation On Tire Bridge
When Hops Bear decided to take a long nap on the resting platform and Tire Bridge, it set off a chain of events that were quite funny. If you looked…
Wild Enclosure #3 – Rowdy Boys
The 3 male bear cubs in Wild Enclosure #3 – Hops, Barley, and Cosmo, can be a rowdy bunch. We have a humorous video that shows them in all their…
Getting Fat and Grooming
The cubs at ABR, now 8 months old,are growing, chubbier by the day. They are also learning how to care for themselves, which includes grooming and getting rid of insects.…
Another Day of Foraging
It seems as though the cubs are filling their fur “suits” to the extent that they will need a new, larger size or a zipper added, though we aren’t sure…
Chestnuts! A Special Treat!
One hundred years ago, American Chestnuts were the first choice of bears and other wildlife for fall eating, and in the case of bears, for bulking up during hyperphagia. We…