PENSACOLA, Fla. — Two Kodiak bear cubs, a unique subspecies of the brown bear, were found in a rural area of the Florida Panhandle thousands of miles away from their native home, authorities said.

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Two Kodiak bear cubs were found hitchhiking down Florida road. Here's where they came from. Brandon Girod, Pensacola News Journal. Thu, February 1, 2024 at 4:54 PM UTC. 3 min read.

The largest Kodiak bear is believed to be Clyde, a captive bear at the Dakota Zoo in Bismarck, North Dakota. Clyde weighed 2,130 pounds when he passed away in 1987. However, adult male Kodiaks in ...

Two Kodiak bear cubs recently turned up in the Florida Panhandle after escaping from an enclosure. Body camera footage from the local county sheriff’s office, ...

Kodiak bears are the largest subspecies of brown bear in North America and only live in the Kodiak Archipelago of Alaska, which has one of the highest population densities of bears in the world.

Two Kodiak brown bear cubs found wandering a Florida highway in December are now safe inside the Panama City Zoo, while the man who brought the cubs to the Florida Panhandle could be in trouble.

Sometimes referred to as the Alaskan brown bear, they can grow up to 1,500 pounds, which is three times the size of Florida's native black bears. Kodiak bears found in Okaloosa belonged to a 'self ...