Researchers found genetic differences that likely resulted from humans killing aggressive bears, leaving docile individuals ...

Brown bears are not pets. Yet, a small bear population in the Apennines has shown unusually gentle behavior toward humans for centuries. Now, a genome study reveals: This change is not just ...

The Apennine brown bear is a small population found only in central Italy, with a long history of closeness to human ...

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

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

Brown bears living close to Italian villages have quietly rewritten the usual script of human–wildlife conflict. Over generations, these animals have become smaller, less aggressive and more tolerant ...

The Apennine brown bear, Ursus arctos marsicanus, exists nowhere else on Earth. Genetic evidence shows that this population ...

Every fall and winter, headlines are filled with stories about bears—attacks on humans, raids on garbage cans, and threats to ...

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 ...