Grizzly

By Brad Quenville, director, Grizzly RewildIn the fall of 2020, five grizzly bear cubs  — Arthur, Raven, Isa, Cedar and Muwin — arrived at the Northern Lights Wildlife Shelter in Smithers, B.C., the only facility in North America that rewilds orphaned grizzly bear cubs. The bears were quickly dubbed "the Fab Five" by scientist Lana Ciarniello.The cubs spent the next several months at the shelter, with limited human contact, before they were to be released back into the B.C. wilderness. Then the bears were tracked via GPS…

The same day that Monfort Companies and Riot Hospitality broke ground on Riot House in downtown Denver, the group announced that it had purchased the famed former jazz club El Chapultepec, as well as the Giggling Grizzly on the corner of 20th and Market streets. Kenneth Monfort, executive vice president of Monfort Companies, said Wednesday that the team behind Dierks Bentley’s Whiskey Row in LoDo plans to combine the two properties and create an elevated bar and restaurant for its third local concept, which has yet to be…

In 2016, wildlife biologist Clayton Lamb was securing a GPS collar to a tranquilized grizzly bear in southeastern British Columbia when he noticed one of its paws was missing three toes. Weird, he remembers thinking, but not surprising for the rough-and-tumble animals. Then, three more grizzlies popped up sporting similarly mangled paws. Anxious to solve the mystery behind this grisly trend, Lamb and colleagues launched a yearslong investigation. Now, they’re pointing a finger…

An elephant tosses up a cloud of dust, a grizzly bear leans into the camera lens, and a moth leaves a ghostly trail across the night sky. These are some of the finalists the Nature TTL Photographer of the Year contest, showcasing our planet’s dazzling residents and the places they call home. Over 8,000 images were…Read more... An elephant tosses up a cloud of dust, a grizzly bear leans into the camera lens, and a moth leaves a ghostly trail across the night sky. These are some of the finalists the Nature TTL…

A helicopter drops water on the Washburn Fire in Yosemite National Park on July 9, 2022.Photo: Noah Berger (AP)A grove full of hundreds of mature giant sequoia trees in Yosemite National Park is in danger as a wildfire quickly spreads across the area.The fire, now known as the Washburn fire, is burning near Mariposa Grove, where a lot of famous “named” trees are found, including the 3,000-year-old Grizzly Giant tree. Thus far, there have been no reports of damage to these belovedtrees, CBS News reported. The sprinkler…

Screenshot: Film Ventures International/Columbia PicturesThe blockbuster success of Jaws famously cleared the way for an explosion of animal-attack horror films. One of the most blatant rip-offs is also one of the best rip-offs, and it’s arriving on Shudder next week. Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the woods, behold the terror of Grizzly!Admittedly, “terror” is a generous descriptor. Unlike Jaws, in which Stephen Spielberg took the time to build suspense (with a mighty assist from John Williams’…