Adult brown bear (Ursus arctos) feeding on humpback whale carcass in Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, United States of America

Adult brown bears (Ursus arctos) courtship behaviour, Brooks River, Katmai National Park near Bristol Bay, Alaska, United States of America

Adult brown bear (Ursus arctos) foraging for salmon at the Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska, United States of America

Native Sun Bear in Bako National Park, Kuching, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Adult brown bear (Ursus arctos) feeding on humpback whale carcass in Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, United States of America

Adult brown bear (Ursus arctos) scratching its back on tree, Brooks River, Katmai National Park, near Bristol Bay, Alaska, United States of America

Adult brown bear (Ursus arctos) foraging for salmon at the Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska, United States of America

Adult brown bear (Ursus arctos) skeletal remains on Chichagof Island, Alaska, United States of America

Young brown bear (Ursus arctos) scratching its back on the gravel at the Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska, United States of America

View from Park Service platform where adult brown bears (Ursus arctos) forage for salmon, Katmai National Park, Alaska, United States of America

Adult brown bear (Ursus arctos) foraging for salmon at the Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska, United States of America

Adult male polar bear (Ursus maritimus), on multi-year ice floes off the eastern coast of Spitsbergen in the Svalbard, Norway

Koala in a eucalyptus tree, Queensland, Australia

Koala, Queensland, Australia

Koala, Queensland, Australia

Koala, Queensland, Australia

Local inuit man, in freezer house pointing to Polar Bear skins. Kangiqsujuaq, Quebec, Nunavik, Canada, North America .Everything from Arctic Char (fish) to Reindeer, Polarbear and whale meat is stored in the freezer house, in which certain town members can access and store hunted foods and skins. Polar bears often come into the local communities, if one is a persistent threat, they will kill it. Individuals can also hunt polar bears on quota.

Local Inuit boy, carving from granite a polar bear. Cape Dorset, Baffin Island, Qikiqtaaluk, Nunavut, Canada, North America

Sun Bear (Helarctos malayanus), adult in tree, native to Asia

Chief Goes To War, Chief Hollow Horn Bear, two chiefs with feather headdresses, Sioux, North American Indian people, after a painting by F.A.Rinehart, 1899, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the period

Little Bear, Chief of the Arapahoe, after a painting by F.A.Rinehart, 1899, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the period

Indian or native american rock art, Colorado River Canyon near Moab, Utah, USA

Mountaineers On Mountain

Grizzly Bear Standing Upright While Holding A Large Stick, Captive, Native To North America