Cub Video is Fun to Watch!
Our curators posted a new video to YouTube the other day, and we know you’ll enjoy it. It is a trail cam video, and the first part shows us what…
Another Rainy Day at ABR
The recent rains in Eastern Tennessee are welcome, as we have been short of rainfall this year. And, as we said in our last post about the cubs playing in…
Cubs on a Rainy Day
What do bear cubs do when it rains? Usually they do just what they would be doing if it were not raining. In these photos that Curator Coy took the…
Cubs in Trees
They were at it again when our curator took these photos recently. The cubs heard him approach and immediately scampered up their favorite tree. This may be frustrating for those…
Cubs in the Wild Enclosure
Today we have some great photos of foraging cubs. The images really give you a good idea of what the Wild Enclosure looks like. As you can see, it looks…
Playing in the Tree
The cubs were back in their favorite tree when Curator Coy took these photos. They were playing and play-fighting. Bear cubs play-fight to help develop some of the skills they…
Forage – Eat – Repeat
In the wild, bears spend many hours looking for food. Foraging is a way of life, and our cubs have to learn the skill if they are to survive in…
Cooperative Foraging
You may have heard that black bears are solitary animals and this is certainly true of adult black bears. Other than mothers with cubs, most black bears spend their days…
Tree Climbing
As we have said, and you have no doubt observed, our four cubs spend a lot of their time in the trees – either climbing up, climbing down, or climbing…
Acrobatic Cubs in Action!
We know that bear cubs feel very comfortable in trees. Cubs in the wild, who are sent up a tree by their mother, will stay there until she calls them…