In a recent study, researchers have collected and analyzed brown bear samples from across Northern Europe. The estimation of gene flow points to a connectivity of the bears between Southern Finland and Western Russia, while ...
Ecology
May 20, 2014
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A comparison of the genomes of polar bears and brown bears reveals that the polar bear is a much younger species than previously believed, having diverged from brown bears less than 500,000 years ago.
Biotechnology
May 8, 2014
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They love their larvae, snore like troopers when they sleep on their sides and, for reasons unknown, get a kick out of pushing over the trunks of dead trees.
Ecology
Apr 15, 2014
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Male bears are seemingly always on the prowl, roaming much greater distances than females, particularly for mating. For bear evolution, studying the paternally inherited Y chromosome is therefore a rich source to trace both ...
Ecology
Mar 25, 2014
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(Phys.org) —In the winter, brown and black bears go into hibernation to conserve energy and keep warm.
Plants & Animals
Feb 10, 2014
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Albania said Tuesday it will ban all hunting for two years to protect animals threatened with extinction.
Ecology
Feb 4, 2014
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A series of papers recently published by scientists at the American Museum of Natural History suggests that polar bears in the warming Arctic are turning to alternate food sources. As Arctic sea ice melts earlier and freezes ...
Ecology
Jan 22, 2014
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A British scientist says he may have solved the mystery of the Abominable Snowman—the elusive ape-like creature of the Himalayas. He thinks it's a bear.
Plants & Animals
Oct 17, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Researchers working at Spain's Batallones-3 dig site in the area of Cerro de los Batallones have unearthed five baculum (os penis) that once belonged to five now extinct examples of a species of bear classified ...
Several European animal and bird species driven to near extinction by humans have made a dramatic comeback in the past 50 years thanks to conservation efforts, a report said Thursday.
Ecology
Sep 26, 2013
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