The awe-inspiring brown bear (Ursus arctos) is one of the most prominent living terrestrial members of the order Carnivora. They inhabit the mountains and forests of northern North America, Asia ...

The brown bear (Ursus arctos) is the most widely distributed bear species on the planet, with 55,000 found in North America. But its numbers in the Lower 48—where it’s known only as a grizzly ...

Coastal Brown Bea Female Weight: 500 to 700 pounds. Coastal Brown Bea Cub Weight: 15 to 20 pounds. Read Next: How Fast Can a Bear Run: A Species-by-Species Guide. Kodiak Brown Bear (Ursus arctos ...

Brown bears follow food sources rather than temperature, with climate change reshuffling their continental menu.

For decades, Himalayan brown bears have killed livestock and destroyed homes in this rural village. Residents are learning new ways to coexist with their fearsome, but critically endangered neighbors.

Scientists discover 'genetic weak spot' in endangered Italian bear population. The Apennine brown bear, also known as the Marsican brown bear (Ursus arctos marsicanus), is a unique and critically ...

The brown bears — or Ursus arctos — of the Katmai gorge themselves on fish from the Brooks River, ... Brown bear fans can go to FatBearWeek.com to cast their vote for their favorite fat bear.

New research led by the University of Seville (Spain) reveals that brown bear distribution across Europe and Turkey is strongly influenced by the availability of species in their diet, highlighting ...

A brown bear (Ursus arctos) is walking and looking for salmon on a beach along the shore of Lake Crescent in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Alaska, on Aug. 22, 2019.

SEATTLE - The Woodland Park Zoo welcomed a new brown bear cub to the zoo this week. According to the zoo, the 89-pound female cub was found wandering alone on an air force base near Anchorage, Alaska.

The finding, based on camera-trap images, also expands the known range of the brown bear (Ursus arctos) in Asia. It could also mark out the Limi Valley, in northwestern Nepal, ...