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The grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis), also known as the North American brown bear or simply grizzly, is a population or subspecies [4] of the brown bear inhabiting North America. In addition to the mainland grizzly ( Ursus arctos horribilis ), other morphological forms of brown bear in North America are sometimes identified as grizzly bears.
At least 700 grizzly bears are believed to exist in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, which includes Shoshone National Forest, with approximately 125 grizzlies in the forest. [ 35 ] [ 41 ] The grizzly is listed as a threatened species by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service , and the forest is one of their last strongholds.
Grizzly 399 (1996 – October 22, 2024) [1] was a grizzly bear living in Grand Teton National Park and Bridger-Teton National Forest in Wyoming, United States. [2] She was followed by as many as 40 wildlife photographers, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and millions of tourists came to the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem to see her and other grizzly bears.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed a comprehensive plan on Wednesday that would create a new geographic region throughout Washington, Montana, Idaho and Wyoming in which grizzly bears ...
A grizzly bear wandered into an area of Wyoming where the predators haven’t been documented in decades, but its presence there was short-lived, officials said.. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...
USA, Shoshone National Forest, Wyoming — Evert, a field botanist, was mauled by a grizzly bear while hiking in the Kitty Creek Drainage area of the Shoshone National Forest, just east of Yellowstone National Park. The bear was trapped and tranquilized earlier in the day by a grizzly bear research team.
The grizzly bear, long an icon of American’s Mountain West, has bounced back since being placed on the endangered species list in 1975, with at least 2,000 roaming the country.
A 1959-1970 bear study suggested a grizzly bear population size of about 176, later revised to about 229. [1] Later estimates have ranged as low as 136 and as high as 540; the most recent is a minimum estimate of 236, [1] but biologists think there may be as many as 1,000 bears in the ecosystem. [24]