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Brown Bear Cubs , Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, USA: Brown bears exhibit an enormous disparity between birth weight and adult weight. Cubs are born during hibernation and begin their life suckling in complete darkness. They remain with their mothers for two to four years, during which time they learn survival techniques: how to hunt, fish, forage and defend themselves. As the days grow short and the shadows grow long in the fall, they retire to their winter lairs. “Last June, I spent time with a mother brown bear and her two playful yearling cubs. When the sow refused to pay attention to their constant badgering, they began biting, chewing, and wrestling with each other over the sedge grass meadows”. (Photo by Ashleigh Scully/Nature’s Best Photography Awards 2017)
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