On the Western shore of the Hudson bay in the northern maritoba lies the town of Churchill. This is one of the easiest places in the world to see polar bears which the town is internationally known for. At the right time of the year you can expect to see 20 years a day, however when November hits both the polar bears and the visitors depart leaving the area to its bitter winter.

They arrive in Churchill from their summer on land and congregate near Churchill waiting for the ice to form at sea so they can begin their annual seal Hunt. Unfortunately while in Churchill itself they are often drawn to the rubbish dumps. They are aggressive dangerous animals and the more troublesome bears are transported further away.

Adult male polar bears are the world’s largest terrestrial carnivore. There are thought to be between 22,000 and 31000 polar bears remaining in the wild, 60% of them being based in Canada. The west Hudson bay polar bear population has dropped by 22% since the 1980s entirely as a result of the rapidly shrinking ice packs.

Mammals found include bears, coyotes, elk, porcupines, amphibians, and more, plus a range of birds and insects. The lake and streams in the park are home to a range of fish and animals, including the endangered bull trout and the Mazama newt, which is only found at Crater Lake.

Lying along the border between Tennessee and North Carolina, these mountains are part of the Appalachian mountains. There are thoughts about what about 1,500 black bears within the park, which gives a density of about two Bears per square mile. There is a total of 65 different mammal species but the most common other ones seen include, whitetail deer, groundhog, and chipmunk. There are also species like the flying squirrel and the red squirrel.

There are over 200 bird species with around 120 resident, the rest migrating. 

While visitors are likely to get close to wildlife, due to the dence forests they may not always be aware.

The Grand Canyon is one of those sites that many people would consider a must see, some time in each persons lifetime. However, this website is here to help you find wild places – views are often beautiful, and great places to look out for wildlife (they are often high up) but here we are not listing views for their own sakes: However by definition places like the grand canyon are relatively remote, and as such can be superb for wildlife. As with elsewhere, hunting pressures have driven many interesting species to extinction. The grand canyon is no different, wolves and grizzly bears have been absent for quite some time, grizzlies since 1935, and wolves since the 1940s. Having said that, there is much discussion about reintroducing grizzles to this part may of both America, and recently, in just the last few years, a lone wolf was spotted within the grand canyon national park. Wolves are slowly recovering from a virtually extinction in the USA, but this is not always welcomed. The US fish and wildlife service have recently scrapped rules to allow the Mexican wolf to expand north to the grand canyon despite wide public support, thuogh wolves could still roam as far north as Flagstaff, so long as they didn’t cross Interstate 40. This would expand the range beyond a tiny area on teh Mexico-Arizona border, where the animal has been limited since 1998. Under most alternatives in the proposed plan, wolves would be able to roam in New Mexico and Arizona from Interstate 40 south to the border of Mexico. Wolves wandering north to habitat on the San Francisco Peaks or Grand Canyon National Park and beyond would be removed. Similar conversations about reintroducing grizzly bears to this region are being undertaken, though in their case it would have to be started with reintroduction rather than natural migration. Currently bobcats, coyotes and black bears play the apex predators, but the return of the grizzly and wolf would transform the ecosystem. There is still elk, mule deer and bighorn sheep. For many people seeing the grand canyon with their own eyes is a activity they feel they should do once in their life. For me and I hope for many of my readers, I want to see it wild. I hope that the recovery of the grizzly bear and wolf in North America continues unabated

Dominated by Denali or Mount McKinley, this park hosts some of the Alaska range of mountains. While many of these mountains are some of the hardest to climb in the world the lower slopes have a wide variety of wildlife.

This is not limited to predators which include wolves, black bears, grizzly bears, coyote, Wolverine and Canada lynx, but include moose, caribou and dall sheep, among the large herbivores but there are many smaller ones.

The peaks can be inhospitable all year round, but the valleys you may find a very different environment.

It is a remarkable monolithic rock formation that comes straight out of the forest and high into the sky, about 400 m tall. The area around it is protected with several groups considering the rock sacred. As a result there is a certain amount of wildlife in the local area.

Elk, moose, mule deer, whitetail deer, wild turkey, prairie dog, bald eagle, black bear and sage grouse are just some of the local species