By Abhaya Raj Joshi KATHMANDU — Researchers have discovered brown bears in a part of Nepal not previously known to host the species, prompting a call to protect this area as a bear “stronghold.” ...

Brown bears follow food sources rather than temperature, with climate change reshuffling their continental menu.

These dietary differences have a direct impact on where bears can survive. Scientists make surprising discovery after ...

For decades, Himalayan brown bears have killed livestock and destroyed homes in this rural village. Residents are learning new ways to coexist with their fearsome, but critically endangered neighbors.

The brown bear is one of Europe’s most iconic and culturally significant species, playing a huge role in European culture, ...

An Alaska brown bear at the Lake Superior Zoo in northeastern Minnesota has a gleaming new silver-colored canine tooth after ...

New research led by the University of Seville (Spain) reveals that brown bear distribution across Europe and Turkey is strongly influenced by the availability of species in their diet, highlighting ...

Lithuanian hunters have refused to shoot a wild bear that was spotted roaming around the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius and ...

Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the ...

The smallest bear species is the sun bear. These tiny bears weigh only 60 to 145 pounds (27 to 66 kg), and are only 4 to 5 feet (1.2 to 1.5 m) tall standing on their hind legs. Where do bears live?

This time around, it’s the brown bear — a species found throughout the Northern Hemisphere, but which is so vanishingly rare in Nepal, at an estimated 20 individuals, ...

The research, published in the journal Global Change Biology, shows the importance of interactions between species on a continental scale, using the brown bear as a case study. Understanding how ...