All are readily available. Polar Bears A description of the various ways that humans have related to or attempted to relate to the great white bears. Grizzlies A description of how grizzlies communicate with people and how people can communicate back to them with an eye to assuring safety and peace. Bear safety will be covered in a future article. A description of favorite bear foods in various areas and the special seasonal cycle that governs bears' lives.
Bears truly live to eat and eat to live.
A description of the highly varying dangerousness of black bears in different geographical areas. Precautions are suggested and several unfortunate incidents are described, some graphically. 16 March 1999 Bear Hibernation Description of metabolic processes of bear hibernation and their possible application to human needs. Black Bears First article of three on how to understand and communicate with bears. This article deals solely with U.S. black bears and covers suggestions on how to interpret their actions and act towards them.