Researchers find Apennine brown bears evolved into a smaller, less aggressive animal after centuries of coexistence with ...

Modern species of bears living near humans for extended periods show evidence of genetic changes making them less aggressive ...

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Brown bears living close to Italian villages have quietly rewritten the usual script of human–wildlife conflict. Over ...

Italian brown bears have some remarkable characteristics. Learn more about these bears and how several factors made them docile.

A paper in Molecular Biology and Evolution, reports that Italian bears living in areas with many villages evolved and became ...

While bear attacks seem to have become a significant problem in Japan—with the country going as far as deploying the army —new research reveals that an Italian bear species has evolved to be less ...

Living close to humans doesn’t just change landscapes—it can also change animals themselves. A new genetic study shows that ...

More than 50 hungry polar bears invaded the Russian coastal village of Belushya Guba over a period of three months, attracted by the local dump. Some bears entered homes and businesses by ripping ...

Study suggests Apennine brown bears evolved smaller bodies and calmer behavior after generations of living close to people in Central Italy.