Researchers have made a fascinating observation: a polar bear used a diving hunting technique, never before reported, to capture large moulting snow geese.
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We need to understand how bears are affected by climate change, and how those stresses might create new risks for humans.
Setting guidelines for human coexistence with carnivores usually falls to local community leaders. An expert explains why the federal government should step in.
People refuse to believe the videos of sun bears at Huangzhou zoo are real bears .
These bears cannot be released into the wild, so sanctuaries are being built.
Polar bears are increasingly seeking sustenance in human trash because of melting sea ice and a loss of hunting opportunities. The result is a rise in human-bear conflict – and dead bears.
The recent goring of a tourist who approached within 10 feet of a bison in Yellowstone National Park is a reminder that wild animals can be dangerous and people should keep safe distances.
A new study finds more than one early human species lived on the landscape in Northern Tanzania 3.66 million years ago. But there are reasons to be cautious about the findings.
Even in small, densely populated countries, reintroducing large wildlife is possible.
This is the oldest genome recovered from a non-permafrost environment.
Researchers who visited parks throughout Alberta’s bear and cougar country want to know if parks education is improving park-friendly behaviour.
Once hunted into corners of North America, black bears have expanded across the continent since the early 1900s. But bears that end up living near people aren’t seeking close encounters.
The abandonment of crops and pastures allows the natural regeneration of bushes and forests and the recolonization of fauna.
Drones can be the best way to study animals but only if used responsibly.
Bears in Asia are trapped in bile farms, where they are kept in small cages for decades.
Climate change is making berries ripen early in Kodiak, Alaska, luring bears away from eating salmon. This shift may not hurt the bears, but could have far-reaching impacts on surrounding forests.
A bitter debate has erupted over the British Columbia government’s recent decision to end grizzly bear trophy hunting. Here are the pros and cons of stopping the hunt.
Of the 14 subspecies of brown bear, this is the most endangered.
Planet Earth’s bears have nothing on these critters.
The grizzly bear of Yellowstone is expected to be delisted from the Endangered Species Act. But a survey of grizzly bear researchers finds flaws in how wildlife experts evaluate scientific data.
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Associate Professor, Grimsö Wildlife Research Station, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Environmental Conservation, UMass Amherst
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PhD Researcher, Conservation Biology, UCL
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Professor of Wildlife Conservation, University of Salford
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Professor, Michigan Technological University
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Professor, School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University
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Principal Lecturer in Wildlife Conservation, Nottingham Trent University
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CEO, Lead Scientist - eOceans, Dalhousie University
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Associate Professor of Risk Analysis and Decision Science, The Ohio State University
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Professor of Environmental and Geographical Sciences, Bournemouth University
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Conservation science, PhD, University of Alberta
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