Yellowstone_Bears

The Yellowstone Bears section houses half of the available Black Bear images.
More than 100 images of Black and Cinnamon Black Bear adults and cubs from
several locations in Yellowstone National Park are displayed in this subsection.

This Overview contains preview images from each page
and display composites which link to the related page.

Most images from Yellowstone National Park have been prepared without title bars.

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Black Bears: Adults and Cubs            Black and Cinnamon Adults and Cubs

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Images in this section are in a number of different Galleries on the Photoshelter website.
The Banner below leads to the Animals Collection where a Gallery can be selected.

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Direct Links:

Alaskan Coastal Brown Bear (382 images)
Golden Female and Cubs        Brown Bear Fishing
Assorted Brown Bear       Brown Bear Composites

Yellowstone Bears (200 images)
Black Bear        Black Bear Cubs       Brown Bear

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Black Bear and Cub Roosevelt Lodge 8560

A Black Bear cub ambles down the road beside its mother in the Roosevelt Lodge area.

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Black Bear Roosevelt Lodge 8577

A female Black Bear foraging in the autumn grass alongside the road near Roosevelt Lodge.

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Black Bear Cub Roosevelt Lodge 8732

A telephoto closeup (500mm) of a Black Bear cub in the Roosevelt Lodge area.

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Black Bear and Cubs Roosevelt Lodge 8824

A Black Bear and her cubs at Roosevelt Lodge in Yellowstone National Park.

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Black Bear Cub Roosevelt Lodge 9122

A Black Bear cub smelling a daisy at Roosevelt Lodge.

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Black Bear Cub Roosevelt Lodge 9147 M

“Calling all Bugs!”

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Cinnamon Cub Elk Creek 0653 M

A 700mm telephoto closeup of a Cinnamon Black Bear cub climbing on a fallen tree.

Black Bear cubs can be exceedingly cute. Probably the most famous cub was Winnipeg, an
Ontario black bear cub bought from a hunter by Lt. Harry Colebourne of the Canadian Army
and smuggled into Britain as a regimental mascot on his way to World War I. Winnipeg, or
Winnie, stayed on the Salisbury Plain as a mascot until Colebourne went to France, and
lived at the London Zoo while Harry was overseas (eventually living there permanently).
A. A. Milne took his son Christopher Robin to the London Zoo, where they met Winnie,
and Christopher was so captivated by the cub that he named his teddy bear after her.
Winnie was the inspiration for Milne’s fictional character Winnie-the-Pooh, and she
remained at the London Zoo as an honored attraction until her death at 20 (1934).

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Click the Display Composite above to visit the Black Bears 1: Black Adults and Cubs page.

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Images in this section are in a number of different Galleries on the Photoshelter website.
The Banner below leads to the Animals Collection where a Gallery can be selected.

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Direct Links:

Alaskan Coastal Brown Bear (382 images)
Golden Female and Cubs        Brown Bear Fishing
Assorted Brown Bear       Brown Bear Composites

Yellowstone Bears (200 images)
Black Bear        Black Bear Cubs       Brown Bear

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Black Bear Elk Creek 8458

A Black Bear in the autumn grass near Elk Creek in Yellowstone National Park.

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Black Bear Elk Creek 8289 M

A female Black Bear in the autumn grass near Elk Creek.

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Black Bear Elk Creek 8431

A 500mm extreme close-portrait of a Black Bear near Elk Creek.

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Black Bear Elk Creek 8403

A 500mm extreme close-portrait of a female Black Bear near Elk Creek.

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Cinnamon Cub Elk Creek 0275

A Cinnamon Black Bear cub in the autumn foliage near Elk Creek in Yellowstone National Park.

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Cinnamon Cub Elk Creek 0656

A Cinnamon Black Bear cub walks atop a fallen tree near Elk Creek in Yellowstone National Park.

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Cinnamon Bear Tower Junction 8131

A Cinnamon Black Bear atop a hill near Tower Junction in northern Yellowstone.

The Cinnamon Bear is a color phase of the Black Bear, and is easily distinguished
from the Brown Bear (Grizzly) due to its smaller size, the flatter profile of its head, and
the lack of the muscular shoulder hump. Cinnamon bears in Yellowstone are far more
numerous than Grizzly bears, but for some reason they are less often encountered.

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Click the Display Composite above to visit the Black Bears 2: Black and Cinnamon Adults and Cubs page.

The images below of a Grizzly Bear in Yellowstone National Park are only on this page.

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Grizzly Bear Sylvan Lake 7962

A Grizzly Bear (inland Brown Bear) near Sylvan Lake in Yellowstone National Park.
Grizzlies can be distinguished from brown-colored black bears by the large muscle
mass over their shoulders and longer, less-curved claws (more suited for digging).
Grizzlies are larger than Black bears, with a broader head and a concave profile.

Grizzly bears are far more rare than Black bears in Yellowstone National Park, and
although Yellowstone is one of the only areas south of Canada to have a reasonably
large population, the Yellowstone area grizzly bear is on the Threatened Species list.
They are generally in the back-country areas, but can occasionally be seen at higher
altitudes in less-traveled areas of Yellowstone, such as this one near Sylvan Lake.

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Grizzly Bear Sylvan Lake 7985

Note the slightly concave profile from nose to forehead of this Grizzly Bear.

Grizzly Bears are Brown Bears. Some experts refer to all Brown Bears as Grizzlies, while others
separate the Brown Bears into Coastal Brown Bears and inland Grizzly Bears. The name refers
to the ‘grizzled’ golden and grey tips of the hair. Detailed information on Brown Bears is in the
Alaskan Coastal Brown Bear subsection (linked from the Display Composite further below).

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Images in this section are in a number of different Galleries on the Photoshelter website.
The Banner below leads to the Animals Collection where a Gallery can be selected.

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Direct Links:

Alaskan Coastal Brown Bear (382 images)
Golden Female and Cubs        Brown Bear Fishing
Assorted Brown Bear       Brown Bear Composites

Yellowstone Bears (200 images)
Black Bear        Black Bear Cubs       Brown Bear

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Click the Display Composite above to visit the Alaskan Coastal Brown Bear Wildlife Study.

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