Once hunted into corners of North America, black bears have expanded across the continent since the early 1900s. But bears that end up living near people aren’t seeking close encounters.
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The abandonment of crops and pastures allows the natural regeneration of bushes and forests and the recolonization of fauna.
Drones can be the best way to study animals but only if used responsibly.
Bears in Asia are trapped in bile farms, where they are kept in small cages for decades.
Climate change is making berries ripen early in Kodiak, Alaska, luring bears away from eating salmon. This shift may not hurt the bears, but could have far-reaching impacts on surrounding forests.
A bitter debate has erupted over the British Columbia government’s recent decision to end grizzly bear trophy hunting. Here are the pros and cons of stopping the hunt.
Of the 14 subspecies of brown bear, this is the most endangered.
Planet Earth’s bears have nothing on these critters.
The grizzly bear of Yellowstone is expected to be delisted from the Endangered Species Act. But a survey of grizzly bear researchers finds flaws in how wildlife experts evaluate scientific data.
Thespians of old playing the Globe Theatre would have walked past the Bankside bear-baiting ring on their way in.
In a rare conservation success story, research has shown that numbers of wild large carnivores in the continent have been steadily increasing and a third of the European mainland now has at least one kind…
Europe, the world’s most industrialised and intensively managed continent, is going wild. During the past three decades it has witnessed conservation successes with the most unexpected species: Europe…
When it comes to feats of physiology, bears are among the superstars of the mammalian world. Their endurance is unmatched. During hibernation, bears regularly survive up to six full months without consuming…
Polar bears and brown bears, species known to produce fertile hybrids, have much more in common genetically than previously…
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