261K views · 1.9K reactions | When your bear biologist knows *exactly* where to put the trail camera... Enjoy this behind the scenes moment with a mother bear nursing her 3 cubs. Follow our biologists in the field with the Animal Planet show, Into Alaska, on Monday nights! Check your guide for local listing times. | Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge | Facebook

Bear trail. Like humans, bears prefer to walk on nice, level open trails. We saw this bear approaching and got off to the side to let her pass, but she decided to take the beach trail. In areas with high bear populations, bears will create trails of their own, often packing the soil or tundra down over time to create an impressive “century trail”. Century trails can be found all over Kodiak Island- over mountain passes, through the moss in old growth forests and along salmon streams. They are ea