Though brown bears are typically larger, the size difference between a mature female black bear and a juvenile grizzly can be negligible. Black Bear vs Brown Bear: Nose-to-Tail Identification ...

DESCRIPTION: A subspecies of brown bear, the grizzly bear is distinguished by its large size and a distinctive hump between the shoulders. Coloration is usually dark brown but can vary from blond to ...

Polar Bear vs Grizzly Bear Genetically, polar bears and grizzly bears aren’t all that different. Scientists believe that polar bears split from grizzly bears between 250,000 and 130,000 years ago.

In Yellowstone National Park a few years ago, I listened while a man confidently explained to his wife why a brown-phase black bear was a grizzly bear. He based most ...

The 28-year-old brown grizzly bear was fatally struck by a vehicle in Snake River Canyon, just south of Jackson, Wyoming, in the dark of night at around 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday.

As the story goes, this "albino brown bear" (sometimes described as an "albino grizzly bear," depending on the source) was airlifted to the Arctic time and time again after being mistaken for a ...