We often see bear mothers with 2 or 3 cubs - but this past week at Frazer Fish Pass in Kodiak Refuge, bear viewers noticed something a little more rare... Video: Lisa Hupp/USFWS Music: "Cherubs" by Josh Woodward under a creative commons license. | Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge

When that food coma hits, get comfy. After filling up on sockeye salmon, this mama bear and her three young cubs took one of their many day naps right below the bear viewing area at Frazer yesterday. zzzzzzzzzz... Video: Lisa Hupp/USFWS | Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge

Those Sunday morning feels... During the summer season, bears create temporary day beds where they rest in between foraging for food. As a dominant adult female in the area, this bear chose a day bed just above a prime fishing area - she spent the day alternating from lounging to fishing. Video: Lisa Hupp/USFWS | Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge

Yesterday on Togiak Lake, in Togiak National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska. Winter is still lingering around the state, but many of the shorebirds, waterfowl and songbirds have showed up. #alaska #springtime #spring #sunnyday #alaskalife #travelalaska #ourplanetdaily #planetearth #beautifuldestinations #beautifulday | Kodiak Island Expeditions

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

Getting ready to pounce into the weekend like... Video: a young short-tailed weasel explores outside the den. One of our native land mammals, the weasels in Kodiak will be soon be changing their coats from summer brown to a pure white with black-tipped tail. Credit: Lisa Hupp/USFWS | Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge

This WEDNESDAY, June 22 at 6pm at the Refuge Visitor Center! Surfing the Salmon Wave: a presentation on Kodiak brown bear and salmon ecology. Free and open to the public! How do Kodiak brown bears meet the challenge of finding food throughout their brief summer season? Dr. Will Deacy will present key findings from a four year collaborative study of bear foraging behavior in southwest Kodiak Island. Video: Lisa Hupp and Caroline Cheung, USFWS | Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge