Andre Rives was boar-hunting in 2021 when a female bear nicknamed Caramelles attacked him. "She was eating my leg," he said. ...

The Apennine brown bear, also known as the Marsican brown bear (Ursus arctos marsicanus), is a unique and critically endangered subspecies of brown bear found only in the remote and rugged ...

The Kodiak bear is also a subspecies of the brown bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi) just as the grizzly is a brown bear subspecies. However, the Kodiak bear lives only on the islands of the Kodiak ...

So, for the study, the team used an unusual model species, hibernating Swedish brown bears (Ursus arctos), to figure out why the bears rarely ever get blood clots when they hibernate (although ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. Deep in the forests of south-central Sweden, brown bears (Ursus arctos) emerge from hibernation ravenous. Mama bears and their cubs will consume ...

(For speed purposes, grizzlies include brown bears, though there are regional and size differences among Ursus arctos.) There are eight total bear species on the planet. Let’s take a look at how fast ...

DESCRIPTION: Brown bears are usually dark brown in color, with shades varying from cream to black. The brown bear is characterized by a distinctive hump on the shoulders, a slightly dished profile to ...