ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – Researchers with Washington State University are working with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to study the eating habits of brown bears living in the state’s interior.
“They have a really extreme seasonal environment where they really only have a growing period of around like 4–5 months, depending on the year,” said Ellery Vincent, a researcher on the project.
Those remaining eight months, she said, are largely spent in hibernation, leaving not much time to pack on the pounds before winter…