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We set out with Mel Clapham, a bear biologist who lives on BC’s coast, to monitor local bear behaviour. The project was to evolve into a scientific breakthrough that uses facial recognition to count and track grizzly bears.

It’s been a watershed year for grizzly bears in British Columbia. Whatever the final outcome – and we still don’t know the small print of what the government’s new law will say – we are pretty sure we have saved dozens and hopefully hundreds of...

Spotting grizzly bears in Canada   Step one: fly to Canada. Step two: check intoΒ  Wild Bear Lodge (Grizzly Bear Ranch). Step three: look out the window. Easy.   By Mark Franchetti   Deep in the remote wilderness of British Columbia, I was in the...

A couple of yearsΒ after arriving at the ranch, Julius was interviewed by BBC Radio 4 about his time as a foreign correspondent, the wars he had covered and his and Kristin’s decision to move to British Columbia. He also talked about the valley they now...