A team of scientists from EPFL and Alaska Pacific University has developed an AI program that can recognize individual bears in the wild, despite the substantial changes that occur in their appearance over the summer season. ...
Plants & Animals
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When a grizzly bear attacked a group of fourth- and fifth-graders in western Canada in late November 2025, it sparked more than a rescue effort for the 11 people injured—four with severe injuries. Local authorities began ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 7, 2026
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Florida's first statewide black bear hunt in a decade is more than halfway over but state wildlife leaders have offered no information on its progress, not even a death count.
Plants & Animals
Dec 22, 2025
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The dental development of modern bears does not follow the typical pattern seen in most mammals. The reason lies millions of years ago in the history of bear evolution. SNSB zoologists have identified two phases in bear evolution ...
Evolution
Dec 1, 2025
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UCLA's famed campus Bruin statue doesn't have it all that different from his living, breathing cousins some 30 miles away in the San Gabriel Mountain communities. When encountered on Bruin Walk, people will instinctively ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 24, 2025
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Across North America, mountain lions, bears and gray wolves have made a remarkable comeback over the last 50 years. Once nearly exterminated, these animals have been recovering their populations and returning to the landscapes ...
Ecology
Nov 12, 2025
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The sense of fear is palpable in parts of northern Japan, where some locals have fastened bells to their bags hoping the noise will keep bears away, while signs warn people to be on guard.
Ecology
Nov 8, 2025
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Japan deployed troops Wednesday to the northern prefecture of Akita to help contain a surge of bear attacks that have terrorized residents in the mountainous region.
Ecology
Nov 5, 2025
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A new study published in the journal Oikos reveals for the first time the critical role polar bears play as carrion providers for Arctic species. Researchers from University of Manitoba and San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 28, 2025
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Bears have killed a record number of people in Japan this year, the environment ministry said on Thursday just as another possible victim was reported missing.
Ecology
Oct 16, 2025
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