  stock grizzly, brown, and black bear images, bears, cubs, photographs, pictures, photos, alaska, katmai,                                                                                                                                                                                      2                      young brown bear cubs, standing in the river waiting for mom                      to return with dinner. katmai national park, alaska.                   (ursus                      arctos)                                                                                              this                      young bear waited for his mother and sibling to finish their                      salmon fishing, and rested on the rock. katmai national park,                      alaska.                    (ursus                      arctos)                                                                                             the                      sibling arrived with some lunch, katmai national park, alaska.                   (ursus                      arctos)                                                                                              i                      couldn't resist adding this shot to the page .. the open mouth                      says it all!                   (ursus                      arctos)                                                                                                                             2                      young spring cubs patiently await their mother's return.                   (ursus                      arctos)                                                                                             the                      warm sweet light of dawn kisses the back and shoulders of                      a young grizzly bear cub.                   (ursus                      arctos)                                                                                              this                      small cub curiously casts his gaze my way as he grazes on                      some lush grasses. alaska.                   (ursus                      arctos)                                                                                              a                      beautiful spring cub, this blonde grizzly wandered along the                      water's edge looking for scraps.                   (ursus                      arctos)                                                                                                                             the                      intense gaze of a 2 year old cub.                   (ursus                      arctos)                                                                                              this                      subadult keeps his eye on me as he approaches, katmai national                      park, alaska.                   (ursus                      arctos)                                                                                              the                      raised paw of this bear's approach gives this picture extra                      intensity, katmai national park, alaska.                   (ursus                      arctos)                                                                                              the                      bear stood on this small rock trying to get a better view                      of me. one of the prettiest bears i've seen.                   (ursus                      arctos)                                                                                                                             i                      caught this image of this nearly full grown boar as he raised                      his head whilst eating a salmon.                   (ursus                      arctos)                                                                                              warm                      evening light soaks on the river as this brown bearsearches                      for supper!                   (ursus                      arctos)                                                                                              another                      photograph of an absolutely beautiful bear - a gorgeous specimen.                                         (ursus                      arctos)                                                                                              just                      as i hoped this bear would give me a look, he obliged, and                      i gladly fired the shutter.                   (ursus                      arctos)                                                                                                                             some                      biologists speculate that play is a sign of a higher intelligence                      amongst animals, and bears are certainly some of the most                      playful of critters.                   (ursus                      arctos)                                                                                             these                      2 bears, nearly full grown adults, were constantly play fighting,                      and i was fortunate to take many images of them.                   (ursus                      arctos)                                                                                              photography                      is largely about light, and the light here was wonderful.                      alaska.                    (ursus                      arctos)                                                                                              i                      shot a number of compositions of this young brown bear, and                      she obliged with different poses.                   (ursus                      arctos)                                                                                                                             a                      grizzly in the forest is not a commonly seen photograph, and                      i'm very proud of this image. alaska.                   (ursus                      arctos)                                                                                              looking                      through the viewfinder, i was in awe of the power held in                      this wonderful animals intense stare. alaska.                   (ursus                      arctos)                                                                                              the                      same young bear towering over the rock to look at me gave                      me this photo after he caught a salmon. alaska.                   (ursus                      arctos)                                                                                              a                      tighter image of a brown bear feeding on a freshly caught                      red, or sockeye, salmon.                   (ursus                      arctos)                                                                                                                             easily                      the largest bear i have ever seen. this boar, at full weight,                      must be close to 1500 lbs. katmai national park, alaska.                   (ursus                      arctos)                                                                                              the                      soft colors of dawn begin to cast a warm glow over the lake                      as this brown bears stands, gazing over the water. alaska.                   (ursus                      arctos)                                                                                              the                      same 2 bears caught playing above, continued their games most                      of the week.alaska.                   (ursus                      arctos)                                                                          a                      large boar with a fresh silver salmon held firmly between                      his teeth, katmai national park, alaska.                   (ursus                      arctos)                                                                                                                             one                      more image of this magnificent young brown bear, alaska.                   (ursus                      arctos                                                                                              i                      often take different compositions of the same scene/subject,                      as they can hold a very different mood or 'feel', simply by                      moving the camera a few inches, or, in this case, rotating                      to a horizontal framing.                   (ursus                      arctos)                                                                                             the                      same incredible boar captured earlier, here he looks my way                      as he relaxes in the frothy water of the rapid.                   (ursus                      arctos)                                                                          an                      image that i had envisioned a earlier, and spent many hours                      planning and waiting for it to happen. alaska.                   (ursus                      arctos)                                                                                                                             black                      bear, waking from a nap, smoky mountains, tn.                   (ursus                      americanus)                                                                                                                 black                      bear foraging in the forest, great smoky mountains national                      park, tn.                   (ursus                      americanus)                                                                                              black                      bear cub, in a field, cades cove, great smoky mountains np,                      tennessee.                   (ursus                      americanus)                                                                          black                      bear portrait, headshot taken on the edge of the forest.                   (ursus                      americanus)                                                                                                                             this                      is the same boar in the image above, waking in the forest.                      here, late in the day, he's scratching himself on the forest's                      edge.                   (ursus                      americanus)                                                                                             a                      young cub from katmai, taken on the final afternoon of my                      7 day trip.                   (ursus                      arctos)                                                                                              i                      was fortunate to witness this scene indenali np, alaska, this                      fall. the caribou bull had been taken down by a wolf pack.                      after they fed, this family of bears took over the kill. i                      (as always seems to happen) missed the wolves! :)                   (ursus                      arctos)                                                                          a                      grizzly bear prowling the tundra, late evening light, denali                      np, alaska.                   (ursus                      arctos)                                                                                                                                     the                grizzly walks: there is a dignity, a lordliness of carriage, and                an indifference to all the world that impress themselves on the                attention.some one speaks quietly to him:he halts, stands on hind                legs, and shows a childlike eagerness of interest in his expressive                face.his attitude and responsiveness are most companionable and                never fail to wake the best in everyone who sees him in these moments.                                 -- enos a. mills,  the grizzly                                    in                the fall of 2004 i returned again to katmai national park, alaska,                the greatest place in the world to photograph and view the great                alaskan brown or coastal bear. i worked different locations, and                took different approaches to the shoot this time. fortunately, the                bears and the weather largely co-operated, and i was rewarded with                a very successful shoot. i couldn't have been happier with many                of the photos i returned with. i've also included a few images here                not taken at katmai. some of the grizzly bear images are from denali                national park, alaska, and the black bear images were taken in the                great smoky mountains national park, tn.             wild                bears can live up to 30 years of age, but typically competition                for food and territory is such that their lifespan is much shorter.                weighing less than a pound at birth, the tiny grizzly cubs grow                rapidly, emerging from their dens in may or june weighing as much                as 15-20 pounds. 2 or 3 cubs is the normal little for a sow, but                sows have been observed with up to 5 or 6 cubs in tow, most likely                a result of a natural adoption process. cubs typically stay with                their mother for 3 years, before she drives them away. these juvenile                bears, 3-5 years old, have a high mortality rate, predation by adult                males being the common cause of death. grizzly bears become sexually                mature at 5 years of age, and can continue to reproduce throughout                their life. 4 years is the average span between litters.             known                as brown bears, by alaskan locals, the coastal grizzly bear and                the it's smaller cousin in the interior vary in color from a creamy                blonde to a deep rich chocolate brown, nearly black. usually, the                high protein diet of the coastal bears will give them the nutrition                to produce a richer, darker, coat. similarily, black bears come                in a wide variety of colors: jet black to cinnamon, a steel blue                (known as glacier bears), rust and tan colored bears are common                as well. a cousin of the black bear is the kermode, or 'spirit'                bear of the pacific northwest, of which i've only ever seen one.                as a result of these color variations, it can often be difficult                to distinguish a black bear from a grizzly. features to look for                are the tell tale shoulder hump of the grizzly, his slightly dished,                concave face (as opposed to the longer straight or convex snout                of the black bear), less prominent ears, and the long claws of the                grizzlies' forepaws.             both                grizzly and black bears occupy a wide variety of habitat: dense                forest, high mountain alpine and open tundra. grizzly bears were                found on the great plains of the american midwest prior to the arrival                of european settlers, but have long since been eradicated. available                food source is a driving factor in the size and density of bear                populations in the wild. bears, both black and brown, are omnivores,                and eat a large variety of berries, grasses, roots, bulbs, sedges,                nuts, acorns, insects (particularly ants), and fish, as well as                small mammals such as ground squirrels, and marmots, and, when available,                larger mammals such as deer, caribou, moose, elk, etc. in some places,                grizzly and black bears have proven to be a major factor in the                populations of moose, elk and caribou, preying heavily on the young                of the species. bears will also eat carrion.             bears,                both grizzly and black, require a substantial territory to survive,                and eradication of their natural habitat by man has been devastating                to their populations. female black bears require an area of 1 to                15 square miles, and the males often have a larger territory. grizzly                bear territories tend to be larger, from 15-30 square miles, in                places such as interior alaska. in places where food sources are                more plentiful, such as the coastal areas, bear population densities                may be as high as one bear per square mile. on the other hand, regions                like the north slope of the brooks range in alaska's arctic north                are so barren and harsh that bears may require as many as 300 square                miles to survive. these figures are averages, and bears territories                will often overlap one another. squabbles tend to occur when bears                are in close proximity to one another, and bears have been observed                to fight and kill other bears in areas as sparce as the arctic tundra.                grizzly bears are a major predator on black bears, and black bears                tend to keep their distance as much as possible.                              these images are all of wild subjects, in their natural environment.                each photo is available for stock use, and photographic prints,                screensavers, note cards or calendars are also available. to order                any of these pictures, or for complete stock photo lists, drop an                email.                             for                prices,                 .                                                to                view more galleries, click on the buttons below:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                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