News tagged with black bears
New study suggests polar bears evolved earlier than previously thought
(Phys.org) -- A new genetic analysis carried out by and international team of scientists has revealed that polar bears and brown bears may have diverged around 600,000 years ago, which is much earlier than ...
Apr 20, 2012 |
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Scientists uncover surprising features of bear hibernation
Black bears show surprisingly large and previously unobserved decreases in their metabolism during and after hibernation according to a paper by scientists at the Institute of Arctic Biology at the University ...
Feb 17, 2011 |
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Black bears found to have surprising wound healing capabilities during hibernation
(PhysOrg.com) -- For most mammals, small cuts and scrapes to the skin during times of low body temperature or slowed metabolism usually means a reduced ability to heal and a higher incidence of infection. ...
Mar 21, 2012 |
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Scientists: Soot may be key to rapid Arctic melt
An international research team is in the land of snow and ice, in search of soot.
Apr 20, 2011 |
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Black bear on Internet gives birth to cub in Minn. (Update)
(AP) -- A researcher says Lily the black bear has given birth to a cub in her den in northeastern Minnesota.
Jan 21, 2010 |
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China 'moon bear' agony persists, despite successes
One by one, 13 sick and traumatised Asian black bears squeezed into tiny cages are pulled from a truck, a lifetime of agonising torture now over.
Mar 11, 2009 |
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Pet bears to be returned to wild in Vietnam
Seven Asiatic black bears kept as pets in small cages will be prepared for a return to the wild in Vietnam after their owner decided they were too big for captivity, an official said Monday.
Mar 05, 2012 |
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Minn. bear delivers at least 2 cubs on Internet
(AP) -- A 3-year-old bear in Minnesota has given birth to two cubs before an Internet audience.
Jan 23, 2012 |
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Huskies lend insight into mercury risk
Researchers have highlighted the serious health risks associated with the diets of indigenous people by linking the accumulation of mercury in their primary food source to a decrease in the power of antioxidants.
Nov 20, 2011 |
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Fast asleep to wide awake -- hibernating bears, predation and pregnancy
Black bears hibernate, sleeping their way through winter, and who can blame them? But science is only just beginning to understand the physiological changes that allow bears to re-emerge in spring without ...
Aug 17, 2011 |
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Experts urge protected areas to save Canada caribou
Canada needs to create large protected areas of woodlands to help save caribou from the threat of extinction, scientists and environmentalists said Wednesday.
Jul 13, 2011 |
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Wildlife surviving conflict in Afghanistan
A new survey conducted by WCS scientists, supported by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), reveals that large mammals, including Asiatic black bears, gray wolves, markhor goats, and leopard ...
Jun 27, 2011 |
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Beware of predatory male black bears
Fatal encounters with black bears have been exceedingly rare during the last century, but appear to be mainly the result of predatory male bears targeting humans in their wilderness home ranges, according to a new study led ...
May 11, 2011 |
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Facebook campaign to save Canadian bears caught in drug bust
An international campaign with the help of social networking site Facebook hopes to save the lives of some 14 black bears used to guard an illegal marijuana farm in western Canada.
Aug 24, 2010 |
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US police kill escaped lions, tigers and bears
Police in the US state of Ohio shot dead dozens of lions, tigers, bears and wolves in a frantic hunt after the owner of an exotic farm freed the dangerous animals and then killed himself.
Oct 20, 2011 |
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