For decades, Himalayan brown bears have killed livestock and destroyed homes in this rural village. Residents are learning ...

The awe-inspiring brown bear (Ursus arctos) is one of the most prominent living terrestrial members of the order Carnivora. They inhabit the mountains and forests of northern North America ...

The grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) is one of several subspecies of brown bear Further complicating things is the fact that grizzlies come in at different weights depending on all sort of ...

It is found throughout most of Canada and in 40 of the 50 U.S. states. The brown bear (Ursus arctos) is the most widely distributed bear species on the planet, with 55,000 found in North America.

Despite spending more than half the year hibernating in frigid temperatures, brown bears (Ursus arctos) remain remarkably healthy. These idle giants rarely suffer from maladies such as blood clots ...

In late summer in Alaska, brown bears (Ursus arctos) begin to enter an extra-hungry phase called hyperphagia, triggered by shortening days, hormonal shifts and a sudden abundance of salmon.

In doing so, they present the first comprehensive population genomic study of the brown bear (Ursus arctos) and use its example to show the effects of the last ice age on today's diversity within ...

According to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, brown bears and grizzly bears are both common names for the same species, Ursus arctos, but the main difference is their geographic location.

may have evolved some of the genes that separate them from brown bears (Ursus arctos). New genomic analysis reveals that they may have changed as recently as 70,000 years ago. The findings are ...

Brown bears (Ursus arctos) regularly scrape their necks, chests and backs against trees. The behaviour is often thought of as chemical communication with other bears, through the animals ...

But there are also some more solitary species with large brains. Take the brown bear (Ursus arctos). Like other bears, brown bears have relatively large and convoluted brains for their body size ...