A brown bear (Ursus arctos), photographed in an enclosure in the Tripsdrill wildlife paradise. Bernd Weißbrod/dpa A female brown bear who killed a jogger in the Italian Alps in 2023 has reached ...

Black bears and brown bears sometimes share the same territory, and because they can react very differently when encountered, it’s a good idea to be able to quickly determine which species you’re ...

Apennine brown bears have a specific genetic mutation within their mitochondria – the "powerhouses" of cells – that potentially impacts their overall health and survival. ROCKVILLE, MD – The Apennine ...

We are in the middle of a sixth mass extinction. While other extinction events were caused by atmospheric change, tectonic activity, or an asteroid impact, this latest extinction event is the fault of ...

“Brown Bears in Alaska’s National Parks: Conservation of a Wilderness Icon” Edited by Grant V. Hilderbrand, Kyle Joly, David D. Gustine, and Nina Chambers; University of Alaska Press (University Press ...

Knowing the realistic number of bears is important. On their basis we define how to manage the bear population and how many bears can be legally hunted. But how to do that when the official census ...