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 Apennine ...

Rare Tibetan brown bear sighted in Sikkim Camera traps captured the bear (scientific name: Ursus arctos pruinosus) with its characteristic yellowish scarf-like collar that broadens from the shoulders ...

Banff National Park is home to many remarkable creatures but most evenings the talk around the bar and the dinner table usually returns to bears. By John Burnside Had someone told me, when I first ...

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