These grizzly bear cubs are playful for a reason: their mother is a formidable salmon hunter.
More salmon, more grizzly cubs at play
A feeling is worth one thousand photos
It is what we had all hoped for. The bear had accepted our presence and was now perched on a rock mid-stream scanning the creek for salmon. Her white fur was wet from an overnight rain and steam rose from her back in the morning sun. It was like a scene from National Geographic television – only this was live.
Bears and Big News in the Great Bear Rainforest
The Great Bear Rainforest is a global treasure. In keeping with this, today I bring you some highlights from the rainforest in three languages and some really, REALLY big news.
How to make a Great Bear Rainforest film
Zip lines, cameras, grizzlies, salmon and adventure. This is filmmaking in the Great Bear Rainforest. Oh yeah, and giant slugs too…
An Ordinary Day With Spirit Bears?
It was the first day of our spirit bear trip this fall, and we were walking up a small creek in the Great Bear Rainforest. Sunlight filtered through the lichens and mosses dangling from the tree branches; salmon splashed in the stream. This creek is one of the best places on Earth to see a Kermode, or spirit, bear. The only problem was nobody had seen one here this year…
Nick Acheson’s Big Cat Quest
Nick Acheson is spending 2015 in pursuit of all the big cats in the world. He calls this monumental project the Big Cat Quest. Over the course of this year Nick is travelling the globe to see and write about things like lions, leopards, jaguars and tigers, but also some less common kitties like bay cats, golden and flat-headed cats. Already this year he has visited Tanzania, India and Borneo and he is just getting started.
How to take a photo of an arctic wolf – in Canoe Roots Magazine
Recently, Kaydi Pyette, the intrepid editor of Canoe Roots magazine was surfing around my website and encountered my “Recipe for a Wolf Photograph” blog. She liked it so much that she asked if she could publish it in her magazine. So pick up the latest issue and you can see it in print for yourself. You can also view it online in the spring issue of Canoe Roots…
Wild Ones Live: Nature Needs People
Jon Mooallem is the author of Wild Ones: A Sometimes Dismaying, Weirdly Reassuraing Story About Looking at People Looking at Animals in America. It was one of my favourite books of 2014. But it also shines when done live with a little musical accompaniment…
Bears, Salmon and Drama at Alaska’s Anan Creek
Anan Creek in southeast Alaska is one of those special places where people can get amazing views of bears feasting on salmon. This BBC video shows some great footage of some Anan Creek action.
@timothy.irvin on Instagram
You can now find me on Instagram posting images of beautiful places and wild creatures. It is a good bit of fun to share photos with others and be dazzled by all the amazing images people are posting out there.