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Louisa Willcox
Feb 4, 2016
Park Service Stands Up for Grizzlies and Us
Last week, Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Park Superintendents, Dan Wenk and David Vela, spoke out publicly for the first time...
David Mattson
Jan 28, 2016
Let Them Eat Grizzly Cake
According to popular history, Marie Antoinette, Queen of pre-Revolution France, quipped “Let them eat cake” when told that her subjects...
Louisa Willcox
Jan 21, 2016
The Grizzly Miracle of Birth
Right about now, grizzly bear mothers are giving birth to cubs the size of tea cups. The process is nothing short of a miracle. Since...
David Mattson
Jan 13, 2016
Hunting to Scare Grizzlies?
Kill grizzly bears to make them afraid of humans. This idea has gotten a lot of air time in recent years as one of several justifications...
David Mattson
Jan 7, 2016
The Politspeak of Social Carrying Capacity
As a scholar and social scientist I get really annoyed when concepts are deployed for partisan purposes without regard for intellectual...
Louisa Willcox
Dec 31, 2015
Without A Safety Net
In Yellowstone, the New Year may ring in a grizzly bear hunt for the first time in 40 years. The US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has...
Louisa Willcox
Dec 24, 2015
Heavenly Bears, Grizzly Deaths
Stars and the heavens capture our imagination this season. No constellation is more famous than the Big Dipper, which is also known as...
David Mattson
Dec 17, 2015
Grizzly Sardine Can Blues
We can’t support any more bears. We’ve got bears coming out of our ears. We’ve reached carrying capacity. Such is the purported state of...
Louisa Willcox
Dec 10, 2015
The Zombie March
Zombies have been on my mind lately. No, I have not been seeing too many horror films. I just have been noticing lately how easy it is...
Louisa Willcox
Dec 3, 2015
Drawing the Line for Bears
The beloved Teddy Bear is rooted in surprising controversy. In 1906, the life of the model for the first Teddy Bear was spared by...