The grizzly bear is so named because its hair is grizzled, or silver tipped, yet the name is commonly believed to be derived from “grisly,” meaning “horrible.” DESCRIPTION: A subspecies of brown bear, ...

The grizzly bear is characterized by a dished facial profile, long claws ... slightly edge out their kin on the other side of the globe since they can get to live for three decades at the most.

They're looking for the carcasses of animals that died over the winter. NPS / Neal Herbert It’s officially grizzly bear season. The first bears of 2025 have been spotted in Yellowstone and Grand ...