A 90-minute flight from Vancouver, B.C., the Great Bear Rainforest is the largest coastal temperate rainforest left on Earth. Grizzlies, black bears, white bears, wolves, whales, salmon, and bald ...

These bears consume anywhere from 70 to 100 pounds of bamboo each day to get sufficient nutrients, says Smithsonian. Red pandas, on the other hand, are not bears. Instead, they are of the ...

This story appears in the August 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. On a drizzly autumn morning on the coast of British Columbia, a shadowy figure lumbers down to shore. A black bear has ...

Tongass National Forest encompasses 17 million acres and is home to bald eagles, salmon, and bears. Get a bird's-eye view of the 1,500-square-mile Juneau Icefield from a seaplane. Hop on a boat for a ...

Temperate grasslands located in colder regions experience icy winters and blizzards. High winds generate sudden snowstorms that spread across the plains. Due to the hot, dry summer climate ...

Much of the conservation and climate change spotlight falls on tropical forests.Given this, people might forget that forests in the temperate areas—those found in large parts of North America ...

Tongass National Forest encompasses 17 million acres and is home to bald eagles, salmon, and bears. The Largest Temperate Rain Forest in the World Is in the U.S.—and It Has Stunning Glaciers and ...