What shapes gut microbiomes of Alaska’s brown bears? Location, location, location
A recent study of Alaskan brown bears (Ursus arctos) finds that there is significant variation in the gut microbiome of ...
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Yellowstone wolves change behavior with bears about
If you are a wolf living in Yellowstone National Park, bears mess with you. Matthew Metz, a recent Credit: U.S. ...
Study finds reduced microbial diversity in guts of wild bears that eat human food
A recent study suggests that eating human food has a pronounced effect on the microbiome of black bears. Specifically, researchers ...
Melting sea ice forces polar bears to travel farther for food
PULLMAN, Wash.—In recent years, polar bears in the Beaufort Sea have had to travel far outside of their traditional arctic ...
Mystery solved: Footprints from site a at Laetoli, Tanzania, are from early humans, not bears
The oldest unequivocal evidence of upright walking in the human lineage are footprints discovered at Laetoli, Tanzania in 1978, by ...