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Evolution in action: These rare bears have adapted to be friendlier and less aggressive

Are bears getting soft on us? After centuries of living in close proximity with people, a population of brown bears has ...

Living Near Humans Made These Bears Smaller and Less Aggressive

Summary: Researchers found that Italian brown bears living near humans evolved unique genetic and behavioral traits. The ...
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After Living Alongside Humans for Millennia, These Italian Brown Bears Have Evolved to Become Less Aggressive

Researchers found genetic differences that likely resulted from humans killing aggressive bears, leaving docile individuals ...
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These rare Italian bears have evolved to be surprisingly chill

The Apennine brown bear, Ursus arctos marsicanus, exists nowhere else on Earth. Genetic evidence shows that this population ...
Outdoor Life

9 Photos of Alaska’s Enormous ‘Fat Bear Week’ Champs

Katmai National Park’s annual Fat Bear Week is underway again: A time when the general public watches livestreams of feeding and fighting brown bears at Brooks Falls in southwest Alaska. Though it’s a ...
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What is the most common bear in the world? Clue – it's as tall as a basketball hoop...

The American black bear is the world’s most numerous bear species, with an estimated 750,000 to 950,000 living in Canada and ...