The Alaska Peninsula brown bear (Ursus arctos gyas) or "peninsular grizzly" is a colloquial nomenclature for a possible brown bear subspecies that lives in the coastal regions of southern Alaska. It may be a population of the mainland grizzly bear subspecies ( Ursus arctos horribilis ).

Grizzly bears vary in size depending on timing and populations. The largest populations are the coastal grizzlies in the Alaskan peninsula, with males weighing 389 kilograms (858 lb) and females weighing 207 kilograms (456 lb). [29]

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Grizzly Bear/Brown Bear: Grizzly bears once roamed all the western states from the Arctic Circle to southern California. Now this species is relegated to a few small strongholds in the lower 48, but Alaska still boasts historic numbers of these magnificent beasts.

With its new formal description, the grizzly joined the black and polar bear as the third species of bear considered to inhabit North America. This straight-forward view would prevail among both naturalists and the broader American public in the decades following Ord’s publication.

2022年9月2日 · Ninety-five percent of brown bears in the United States live in Alaska, and Lake Clark supports a healthy and stable population. The Alaskan National Interest Lands Conservation Act directs the park to protect habitat for brown bears among other fish and wildlife species.

2020年1月23日 · One of our International Traveller readers, Jamie Palmer, ventures into Alaskan grizzly bear territory and lives to tell us this tale.

Grizzly bears live throughout Alaska, with the exception of the islands of the Bering Sea, the islands south of Frederick Sound and the islands west of Unimak in the Aleutians East Borough.

Grizzly bears are a type of brown bear. They are smaller than coastal brown bears because they do not have as much access to rich fish runs. They also face colder and more brutal winters than the coastal bears.

Grizzly bears are among the world’s largest land predators. These animals are perfectly adapted to their environment with keen eyesight, an acute sense of smell and incredible strength and power. I flew to Katmai National Park to see the bears as …