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Grizzly 399 was a bear for the ages

She was 28 years old and dealt with aplomb the hordes of picture-taking tourists and repeated motherhood. When she was…

Bear 399 with cubs Thomas Mangelsen:Images of Nature Gallery

This grizzly family comes with paparazzi

My neighbor is famous. She has 50,000 followers on Facebook and a recent post on her page there had 4,200…

Mother grizzly 399 and her four cubs

Let’s Not Squander the Miracle of Yellowstone

Photo credit Doug Smith, National Park Service

A community of river guides copes with loss

The Grand Canyon boating community — devoted to each other and to the Colorado River — was shocked to learn…

Please don’t pet the wildlife

“I can’t believe that person is getting that close.” Just off the road stands a bull elk — a 700-pound…