Polar bears' declining mercury levels likely due to climate-related shifts
To understand how human activities are affecting the planet, scientists often study the health of animals in the wild. Now a new study, appearing in ACS' journal Environmental Science & Technology,...
View ArticleBaits may be bolstering bear populations
New research reveals that baits used by hunters have become a substantial portion of black bears' diets. In northern Wisconsin, over 40% of the diet of harvested animals consisted of bait subsidies.
View ArticleVietnam to rescue 1,000 bears in bid to end bile trade
Vietnam agreed Wednesday to rescue more than 1,000 bears from illegal farms across the country, in a move to end the traditional medicine trade in the creatures' bile.
View ArticleVet med experts help solve a grizzly dental problem
Knute, a grizzly bear at the B.C. Wildlife Park in Kamloops, was not a happy bear. Pain from a damaged and infected canine tooth was keeping him up at night.
View ArticleJapan gives world-beating fidget spinner a whirl
One company in perfectionism-obsessed Japan is claiming it has developed a fidget spinner that whirls longer than any rival on the market—12 minutes and counting.
View ArticleHow to live with bears
Bears have been on Europeans' minds lately, as violent encounters with these powerful mammals make international headlines.
View ArticleKodiak bears found to switch to eating elderberries instead of salmon as...
(Phys.org)—A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in the U.S. has found that warming in Alaska has sometimes caused the Kodiak bear to switch to eating elderberries during salmon...
View ArticleClimate change is luring Kodiak bears away from their iconic salmon streams
Kodiak brown bears are abandoning salmon-their iconic prey-due to climate change, according to a new study.
View ArticleJudge: Bears near US-Canada border merit endangered status
Animals and plants can be considered endangered even if they are not on the brink of extinction, a judge ruled in overturning the U.S. government's re-classification of a small population of grizzly...
View ArticleElucidating the biology of extinct cave bears
One of the largest known species of bear, the cave bear (Ursus spelaeus), ranged widely through Eurasia all the way to the Mediterranean in the south and to the Caucasus Mountains and northern Iran in...
View ArticleNorway fines tourist guide for scaring polar bear
Usually the humans are scared of the wild animals. But in the Norwegian far-north, an Arctic tourist guide has been fined 1,300 euros ($1,500) for scaring off a polar bear.
View ArticleDo squirrels teach bears to cross the railroad? Grizzlies dig squirrel...
Grains have been reported to regularly trickle from hopper cars travelling via the railway located within the Canadian Banff and Yoho National Parks, attracting the local red squirrels.
View ArticleFierce debate roars to life over grizzly bear hunt cancellation
There's no shortage of controversy surrounding the British Columbia government's decision to stop the grizzly bear trophy hunt.
View ArticleWestern cities try to stop hungry bears from causing havoc
On a recent morning that was chilly with the first nip of fall, Brenda Lee went looking for knocked-over trash cans. She drove her car slowly through alleyways on the west side of this Colorado city,...
View ArticleEarth's biodiversity is changing as the planet warms. But how?
As the Earth's climate changes, shifting weather patterns will affect where plants and animals can live.
View ArticleRenewed calls for legal hunt to control Connecticut's rising bear population
Connecticut's population of about 700 black bears is growing at a rate of about 10 percent each year, according to wildlife experts, an increase that could more than double the current number of bears...
View ArticleDigging in the Arctic mud for answers to climate change
Working from a small boat on the choppy lake waters in northern Canada, Sarah Crump, a paleoclimatologist, pulls up a 5-foot mud core sample from the undisturbed lakebed. Crump and her research team...
View ArticleRoutes out of isolation for Yellowstone grizzlies
In summer of 2017, biologists from Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks confirmed sightings of a grizzly bear in the Big Belt Mountains northeast of Helena, Montana. The bear, an adventurous vanguard from...
View ArticleBears not bothered by diet high in saturated fats
Campgrounds and cottages are getaways for humans. They are also locations where grizzly bears are acquiring appetites for human foods that are high in saturated fats. Diets high in saturated fats are...
View ArticlePolar bears crowd on Russian island in sign of Arctic change
A boatload of tourists in the far eastern Russian Arctic thought they were seeing clumps of ice on the shore, before the jaw-dropping realisation that some 200 polar bears were roaming on the mountain...
View ArticleAbominable Snowman? Nope—study ties DNA samples from purported Yetis to Asian...
The Yeti or Abominable Snowman—a mysterious, ape-like creature said to inhabit the high mountains of Asia—looms large in the mythology of Nepal and Tibet.
View ArticlePolar bear blogs reveal dangerous gap between climate change facts and opinions
climate change discussions on social media are very influential. A new study in BioScience shows that when it comes to iconic topics such as polar bears and retreating sea ice, climate blogs fall into...
View ArticleStudy finds dogs are brainier than cats
There's a new twist to the perennial argument about which is smarter, cats or dogs.
View ArticlePicture book empowers children, families to tackle climate change
One day a polar bear shows up at Sophia's house asking if it can come inside. Its habitat melted and the bear needs a new home. So starts "The Tantrum that Saved the World," a new children's book about...
View ArticleIberian brown bears do not descend from those fled from the north during the...
According to the glacier refuges theory, after the last glaciations, the bears of northern Europe sought shelter in the South. Researchers from A Coruña University reject this idea. They have...
View ArticleGreat scat! Bears—not birds—are the chief seed dispersers in Alaska
It's a story of bears, birds and berries.
View ArticleThe Finnøy polar bear
Imagine you are 12,400 years in the past. Much of Norway is covered with ice and the present-day island of Finnøy exists as only two small islets. The sea is 40 metres above the current level. A polar...
View ArticleMelting ice is forcing polar bears to swim more, at high energy cost
One result of melting Arctic ice is that polar bears are forced to swim more often and further than ever to forage for food.
View ArticlePolar bears finding it harder to catch enough seals to meet energy demands
A new study finds polar bears in the wild have higher metabolic rates than previously thought, and as climate change alters their environment a growing number of bears are unable to catch enough prey...
View ArticleBears avoid trails with motorized recreational activity, study confirms
Bears use trails with motorized recreation less often than those without it, new University of Alberta research shows.
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