grizzly bears

Amid consideration of a federal plan to keep grizzly bears on the endangered species list, we take a step back and look at the facts.

The comment period just opened for the proposal to keep grizzlies in the Northern Rockies classified as “threatened” — with some tweaks to how they are managed.

More than 60 grizzlies have been struck by trains in Montana and Idaho over the last 15 years. Some say warning systems could help.

Federal wildlife officials spread the world-famous bear’s ashes in Grand Teton National Park, after she was hit by a car.

The popular mama bear was hit by a car near Jackson, Wyoming. We hear from some of the people grieving the loss of the “Queen of the Tetons.”

At age 28, she was the oldest known reproducing female in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Photos of the popular mama bear and her cubs circulated around the world.

"Grizzly Confidential" explores how grizzly bears and humans can live together and decrease conflicts, especially in landscapes where their worlds are increasingly overlapping. Jackson-based author and firefighter paramedic Kevin Grange talks management strategies, endangered species status and what it actually looks like to "respect the bear."

A hunter killed a grizzly bear after being attacked in the northern end of the Wind River Mountains on Sept. 26. Two other bears were killed in self defense this summer and fall in Idaho and Montana.

Biologists will be capturing grizzly bears and black bears in Grand Teton National Park this fall. The hope is to gather more data about the two populations. Field research will start on Sept. 26 and go until Nov. 15.

A new social media tool aims to help visitors to Jackson, Wyoming, stay a safe distance away from wildlife, and there’s already interest from other parts of our region.