The grizzly bear is the California state mammal and the symbol on the California state flag. They play an important role in managing the health of an ecosystem by distributing seeds through their scat, regulating ungulate populations and mixing topsoil when digging.

Brown bears in interior North America are known as grizzly bears, because their brown fur is tipped with white or tan; the word grizzly means sprinkled or streaked with gray. Today, the Zoo is home to two grizzly bear brothers, Scout and Montana.

The grizzly bear cam faces one of the bears' favorite places - the pool. The bears use this area to swim, play, and spar with each other. Keepers place enrichment items in various floating devices like PVC tubes and recycled fire hoses.

Grizzly bears inhabit Alaska, parts of the northwestern United States, and western Canada. They can average up to seven hundred pounds, males weighing more than females, and can be anywhere from a light brown to a very deep brown.

Fur grizzled or uniformly colored. Profile of muzzle will be concave, as opposed to the black bear that have straight or convex muzzles. Spanning 3 continents, it is the most widespread bear on earth. Possibly 3 different subspecies (N American grizzly, Kodiak, Eurasian brown) exist.

Our three Brown bears arrived to the Zoo as rescues from Yellowstone National Park and Kodiak Island. They are representatives of the challenges wildlife face in sharing a world with humans. This new, expanded exhibit, opened March 16, 2023 and includes 14,000 sq. ft. of exhibit space and can be viewed from both Tembo Trail and Tiger Terrace.

Sep 7, 2022 · Three rescued Grizzly bears live at the Central Park Zoo and can be seen climbing on the rocks, digging in the dirt, and wading in the stream and pools.

The Grizzly (U. a. horribilis) and the Kodiak (U. a. middendorffi) are two generally recognized subspecies of the Brown Bear that are native to North America. Grizzlies tend to be smaller and more inland than Kodiaks that live along the SE coast of Alaska and have a richer diet and do not have the “grizzled” appearance.

With a sunny meadow, 20,000-gallon pool, herb garden, mountain stream waterfall and heated rocks, Hearst Grizzly Gulch enables the bears to do what they do best – explore, romp, swim, fish, forage, dig and nap.

The grizzly bear has a stable and sustainable population in the North American wild. However, among the many factors affecting their way of life, human interactions can have the most impact. Some bears find the urban environment too enticing and must be relocated, such as the bears exhibited at the Tulsa Zoo.