PELHAM — Who knew that black bear cubs love to snuggle ... “Keep it in one of your layers, hug it, and keep it tight,” advises a MassWildlife staffer. “The cubs will need comforting.

Ashleigh went to Alaska intent on photographing brown bears as families. This was the moment she had been waiting for, a mother leading two cubs across the beach. One of them wanted to stay and play. ...

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