A trophy hunter thought he had shot an ordinary polar bear—but DNA testing revealed something never before documented in the wild. The animal was a hybrid born from a polar bear mother and a grizzly ...
Conservationists are celebrating the first Yellowstone-area grizzly cub born with DNA from outside that genetically isolated population. It's a milestone for the species. There are now more grizzly ...
Grizzly bear tracks alongside human footprints on the shore of Yellowstone Lake behind the Fishing Bridge Visitor Center, 2020. Credit: A. Falgoust / NPS This July 14, just 10 days after Americans ...