There are several very similar bears (Ursus arctos) who call an increasingly narrow band of the the northern hemisphere home. North American brown bears identify as coastal brown bears, Grizzly bears or Kodiak bears mostly based on where they live. Much more unites them than divides them. To make it simple, they are basically the same bears living in different territories. Drawn to the Alaskan estuaries and rivers as salmon make their way to their spawning grounds, brown bears young and old congregate as they stock up for their winter nap.
