Category: hibernation

Famous Bear ‘Queen of the Tetons’ Breaks Record, Emerges From Hibernation at Age 27 With a New Cub

Photos of the world’s most famous grizzly bear emerging from hibernation with a new cub show the bear, Grizzly 399, breaking a record as the oldest known wild grizzly bear to give birth, at the age of 27. Also known as “Queen of the Tetons,” the legendary Grizzly 399 was born in 1996 and is…


Stuffed With Salmon: Brown Bear ‘747’ Declared Champion of Annual ‘Fat Bear Week’ Ahead of Hibernation

This year’s Alaskan salmon run has—absolutely, claws-itively—been a boon for brown bears. Fat Bear Week, an annual competition inaugurated in 2014, was launched to celebrate brown bears that feast upon the bountiful sockeye salmon that make the perilous migration upriver to spawn every year at Katmai National Park. The top prize, officiated by the park…


Santa and the Three Bears (1970)

When a park ranger tells two bear cubs about Christmas and Santa Claus, they want to skip hibernation to celebrate, but their mother doesn’t believe in Saint Nick and wants them to sleep. Credit: Public Domain Movies – BUY Jan 6 DVD: www.epochtv.shop/product-page/dvd-the-real-story-of-january-6, Promo Code “EpochTV” for 20% off. – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com


Incredible Video Shows a Bear Waking Up and Emerging From Den After Months of Hibernation

A 20-year-old rescued grizzly bear has been caught on camera emerging from his winter den. Exalted keepers at his sanctuary home in Canada captured the incredible footage and shared it on social media, where it has gone viral. Boo, a grizzly bear who was orphaned when he was only about 5 months old, has lived at Kicking…