Topic: Chuck Schwartz

Yellowstone Bears Are Hungry

This has been the deadliest season for human-bear interactions in Yellowstone already (two mauling deaths so far), and biologists worry that it could get worse. Right now they're offering ominous advice: "Pack your bear spray: there's going to be run-ins ...

Tracking Grizzly Bears

Rural areas with human development can lessen grizzly bear survival, and innovative bear rub tree surveys can successfully monitor grizzly population dynamics in the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem, suggest two new studies released by the U.S. Geological Survey in the Journal ...
Locks of hair from more than 400 grizzly bears are stored at Montana State University, waiting to tell the tale of genetic diversity in the Yellowstone Ecosystem.. The hair will head to Canada in a few months to be analyzed at Wildlife ...
Researchers Express Concern About Number of Female Grizzly Bears Killed in Yellowstone AreaThe overall grizzly bear population in the Yellowstone area is thriving, but there is some concern about the number of female grizzlies killed this year.Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team ...