PENSACOLA, Fla. — Two Kodiak bear cubs, a unique subspecies of the brown bear, were found in a rural area of the Florida Panhandle thousands of miles away from their native home, authorities said.

Sometimes referred to as the Alaskan brown bear, they can grow up to 1,500 pounds, which is three times the size of Florida's native black bears. Kodiak bears found in Okaloosa belonged to a 'self ...