Yellowstone's Bears Begin To Emerge

Above, a mother Yellowstone black bear and one of her cubs. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Spring is fast approaching and the bears in Yellowstone National Park are starting to emerge from their winter sleep.

According to the Post Register:

Spring is beginning to stir and so are the bears. 

Yellowstone National Park reported the first sighting of a grizzly bear this year on Saturday. 

“The bear was observed from the air by biologists during a radio telemetry flight near Grand Prismatic Spring just one day before last year’s first sighting,” the park said in a news release. 

The park said typically male grizzly bears emerge from hibernation in early March. Females with cubs emerge in April and early May. When the bears emerge, they often feed on winter-killed elk and bison. 

“Sometimes, bears will react aggressively while feeding on carcasses,” the park said.

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