Suzi Eszterhas / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) sitting with Bamboo in background. Shenshuping Panda Base, Wolong Nature Reserve, Wenchuan, Sichuan Province, China. Captive.

Jeff Foott / Bear Grass (Xerophyllum tenax) flowering, Mount Reynolds, Glacier National Park, Montana

Ingo Arndt / Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) mother and cub in grass, Lake Clark National Park, Alaska

Eric Baccega / Grizzly bear cub (Ursus arctos horribilis) resting in the sedges, Khutzeymateen Grizzly Bear Sanctuary, British Columbia, Canada, June.

Eric Baccega,Eric Baccega / Female Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) standing up in alert and looking around, while feeding on sedge, Khutzeymateen Grizzly Bear Sanctuary, British Columbia, Canada, June.

George Sanker / Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) walking through long grass, Yellowstone NP, Wyoming, USA, October

Diane McAllister / Coastal Brown bear (Ursus arctos) female standing up and looking around while eating sedge grass in Lake Clark National Park. Alaska, USA, July

Diane McAllister / Coastal Brown bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) female and her cub standing in the long grass. She is looking warily at an approaching boar. Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, USA, July

Jack Dykinga / Flowering Beargrass {Xerophyllum tenax} with Reynolds Creek and Reynolds Mountains in the background, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA

Jack Dykinga / Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax) in flower, Aterton Lakes National Park, Canada

Jack Dykinga / Teddy bear cholla cactus {Opuntia bigelovii} growing on volcanic lava flow, Pinacate and Gran Desierto Altar Biosphere Reserve, Sonoran desert, Mexico

Jack Dykinga / Mexico Teddy bear cholla cactus {Opuntia biegelovii} growing on volcanic lava flow, Pinacate and Gran Desierto Altar Biosphere Reserve, Sonoran desert, Mexico