A paper in Molecular Biology and Evolution, reports that Italian bears living in areas with many villages evolved and became smaller and less aggressive.
As the planet heats, polar bears in southeastern Greenland appear to be adjusting to warmer conditions, new research from the ...
As the world's largest bear, and largest land carnivore, polar bears are impressive mammals and are adapted to living in the ...
The researchers analysed blood samples taken from polar bears in two regions of Greenland and compared “jumping genes”: small ...
Researchers say the findings, the first documented case of rising temperatures driving genetic change in a mammal, offer a ...
Study is the first to find a statistically significant link between rising temperatures and altered DNA activity in a wild ...
Polar bears are expected to become extinct but there are some signs their DNA is changing and they are adapting to new ...
A surge of bear attacks in Japan has sparked alarm, with some hunters saying the situation is reaching emergency levels ...
An ecologist at the IPCC for over 25 years, Camille Parmesan, who is also a refugee scientist, explains how to preserve ...
A photographer captured a beautiful moment in Svalbard's Arctic waters, but climate change threatens to change that.
A routine expedition surprises scientists by revealing a unique animal, Mustela mopbie, with a secret ability that could ...
The dental development of modern bears does not follow the typical pattern seen in most mammals. The reason lies millions of ...