A machine controlled by AI that sprays bears with the chilli pepper chemical capsaicin could reduce dangerous confrontations ...

For a variety of reasons bears are waking up mid-hibernation in Alaska. Is this a temporary phenomenon or a portent of ...

European brown bear (Ursus arctos arctos) foraging among rocks on mountain slope in the Pyrenees. / Credit: Arterra/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Animal rights activists view bears as ...

Only a certain group of these animals are referred to as brown bears, and that is those commonly found along the coasts, ...

The Kodiak bear is also a subspecies of the brown bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi) just as the grizzly is a brown bear subspecies. However, the Kodiak bear lives only on the islands of the Kodiak ...

So, for the study, the team used an unusual model species, hibernating Swedish brown bears (Ursus arctos), to figure out why the bears rarely ever get blood clots when they hibernate (although ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. Deep in the forests of south-central Sweden, brown bears (Ursus arctos) emerge from hibernation ravenous. Mama bears and their cubs will consume ...

DESCRIPTION: Brown bears are usually dark brown in color, with shades varying from cream to black. The brown bear is characterized by a distinctive hump on the shoulders, a slightly dished profile to ...

The wild American black bear continues to expand its range further south into Lower Michigan, the DNR reports.

Anywhere from 30-35,000 brown bears (Ursus arctos) inhabit Alaska. This includes grizzly bears, a subspecies of the brown bear. Brown bears grow larger in coastal areas of Alaska than inland ...