Discover the World of Bears

As the winter snow finally melts away, our bears have begun to wake from their winter dormancy period. Unlike true hibernation, black bears enter a state called "torpor." Torpor is a period of deep lethargy where their metabolic rate, heart rate, and breathing rate slow down significantly.

Advertisers capitalize on the lure of bears. In 1993, Coca-Cola brought polar bears into the homes of millions of people around the world in a commercial, “Northern Lights” in which polar bears drink coke and view the northern lights.

Can you distinguish between a black bear and a grizzly?

Conservation Officers are killing our bears and orphaning cubs. The frustration is palpable, isn't it? The blame game often feels like the easy way out,

To hibernate or not to hibernate, that is the question. But before we dive into that, let's explore why a bear's biology is wired for hibernation.