From mango-loving sloth bears to wild black bears with 23 cubs, discover the oldest bears ever known and what made them ...

The bear’s skull measured 27 6/16, making it the largest grizzly taken by a hunter ever recorded. The world-record skull was found by a hiker in 1976, and is just 7/16ths of an inch larger.

The largest hunted grizzly on record was a Kodiak bear that weighed 1700 lbs. It’s on display at the Anchorage Airport. I have seen it, and would definitely let it pre-board on my flight.

Grizzly bear 399, one of the best known bears in the world and the oldest recorded reproducing female grizzly in the greater Yellowstone area, was struck by a car and died Tuesday south of Jackson ...