PENSACOLA, Fla. — Two Kodiak bear cubs, a unique subspecies of the brown bear, were found in a rural area of the Florida Panhandle thousands of miles away from their native home, authorities said.

A polar bear vs Kodiak bear is important to distinguish, given that they are both two of the largest bears in the world. While Kodiak bears are relatively similar to grizzly bears, you may be ...

Two Kodiak bear cubs were found hitchhiking down Florida road. Here's where they came from. Brandon Girod, Pensacola News Journal. Thu, February 1, 2024 at 4:54 PM UTC. 3 min read.

Two Kodiak bear cubs recently turned up in the Florida Panhandle after escaping from an enclosure. Body camera footage from the local county sheriff’s office, ...

The largest Kodiak bear is believed to be Clyde, a captive bear at the Dakota Zoo in Bismarck, North Dakota. Clyde weighed 2,130 pounds when he passed away in 1987. However, adult male Kodiaks in ...

Kodiak bears are the largest subspecies of brown bear in North America and only live in the Kodiak Archipelago of Alaska, which has one of the highest population densities of bears in the world.

By late November and into early December, they head into their dens for hibernation — but not all of them. About 30% of the Kodiak male bear population don’t den at all, according to a state ...

Sometimes referred to as the Alaskan brown bear, they can grow up to 1,500 pounds, which is three times the size of Florida's native black bears. Kodiak bears found in Okaloosa belonged to a 'self ...