Female grizzly bear nurses her two spring cubs/McNeil River State Game Sanctuary/Alaska Peninsula/August 1989/Film

A coyote runs across the snow after being spooked by a nearby mountain lion. Confluence Area/Yellowstone National Park/Winter

Human shadow looking up Himalayan mountain valley while on the Everest Base Camp Trek/Himalayan Mountains/Nepal/Fall 2009

Image upscaled from smaller image with 2024 ON-1 Photo Raw

April 2026 - Image of the Month

Red fox kit sitting on the ground/Denali National Park/Interior Alaska/Summer/Film

March Image of the Month:

No Kings Demonstration in Anchorage, Alaska on October 18, 2025.

The next nationwide No Kings Demonstration is scheduled for March 28, 2026.

February Image of the Month:

A male subadult Kodiak bear shakes the water off of its fur/Kodiak Island/Southwest Alaska/Fall 2024

A male grizzly bear pauses in its scavenging of a five month old bison carcass that is covered by the water and ice of one of the Black Tail ponds/Black Tail Ponds/Yellowstone National Park/Montana/April 2023

While many may not be attracted to this photo or its topic (scavenging) it is actually an important image that illustrates that time is meaningless when it comes to bears and wolves (and any other scavenger) and the length of time it takes for them to scavenge a carcass.

This is important as it is common for hunters and trappers to accuse bears and wolves of wasting animals that they have killed.

1. Wildlife doesn't follow human morality, ethics or standards.

2. Wildlife doesn't recognize the concept of time; that is a human concept that cannot be communicated to wildlife nor could they understand it.

Wildlife will consume a carcass in their own time, whatever that may be. It can be hours, days, weeks or in this case......months.

It is grossly unfair to apply human standards, morality and/or ethics to animals that cannot understand such concepts and nor can these concepts be communicated to them.

Black Tail Ponds in Yellowstone act as a death trap for bison. If they step into a pond, they typically cannot get out. In this case (according to locals) a bison had entered this pond in November, couldn't get out and died in it.

Over the winter, the pond iced up and snow accumulated over it. Five months later, this male grizzly followed the scent trail (through ice, snow and water) dug out the snow and ice creating this hole and accessed this five month old carcass.

Because the carcass was in the water, it was protected from other scavengers and this bear would come and go from it. Typically between 3-5 pm, it would approach and then reach down with its claws to bring up chunks of flesh to feed on it.

A video that is titled: Black Tail Pond Carrion Grizz can be found here: I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZ7meJtXkIM