Surprising facts about the Smoky Mountain black bear A couple of years ago – in the early spring when the black bear yearlings are moving to establish their own territories – we had a bear in our neighborhood. More accurately, a bear was spotted in our neighborhood. There are enough tracts of trees and forest around that there are probably
Where Is the Best Place To See Bears in Gatlinburg? What’s the number 1 question from visitors to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park? Is that bathroom locked? No, but I like what you’re thinking. The most popular question is: Where is the best place to see a bear in the Smoky Mountains? Honestly, we don’t know. If we did,
What Types of Foods Do Bears Eat? I’ve been bamboozled. Hoodwinked. Like a hungry trout on a fly, I swallowed a flashy internet factoid and took off, running. I was told bears don’t like honey. Specifically, I was told they want the bee larvae or baby bees. I was told that bears don’t have a sweet tooth per se, but
6 Things You Need To Know about the Rare Albino Bear The animal in the picture above is a black bear. No, you’re not looking at the next gold and white dress debate. (Or was black and blue?) Even though this guy looks a bit like a lost polar bear or a white grizzly bear, he (or she) is a
This massive general store in Tennessee allows guests to see live bears How the times have changed. Back in 1979 – when the store that would become the Three Bears General Store opened – the treatment of animals in zoos and circuses and the like was very different than today. How different? Somewhere in my grandmother’s picture collection is a 5-year-old
Tennessee native offers tips on black bear safety from Bear Wise There is a lot of wildlife to see in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina. I grew up in East Tennessee, and I’ve come across black bears on several occasions. To be honest, I’m never sure that it gets old. However, it also makes me sad to
Surprising facts about black bears and their cubs in the winter months It’s commonly thought that all black bears (both male and female) spend the entire winter sleeping in a dark cave, surviving off a bunch of stored-up body fat. So why do we see so many bears actively roaming alongside deer and elk around the Cades Cove Loop in