Why aren’t all black bears black?
Sometimes a name is just a name. Take bears, for example. In Yellowstone National Park, black bears outnumber their brownish-colored ...
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Some sugar-free gummy bears are laxatives. No, really
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14, 2022 — Sugar-free gummies are delicious, low on calories and … technically laxatives? After some Amazon reviews ...
CSHL groundcherry research bears new fruits
Over 34 million people in the U.S. don’t have enough food. More diverse and adaptable crops are needed to address challenges in ...
Increasing evidence that bears are not carnivores
PULLMAN, Wash. – Bears are not cats or dogs, and feeding them like they are likely shortens their lives. A ...
Gut microbiomes help bears with very different diets reach the same size
A recent study of the gut microbiome of Alaskan brown bears (Ursus arctos) shows that the microbial life in bears’ ...
Hibernating bears’ ability to regulate insulin narrowed down to eight proteins
PULLMAN, Wash. – Feeding honey to hibernating bears helped Washington State University researchers find the potential genetic keys to the ...
Newly documented population of polar bears in Southeast Greenland sheds light on the species’ future in a warming Arctic
Scientists have documented a previously unknown subpopulation of polar bears living in Southeast Greenland. The polar bears survive with limited ...
100,000-year-old polar bear genome reveals ancient hybridization with brown bears
An analysis of ancient DNA from a 100,000-year-old polar bear has revealed that extensive hybridization between polar bears and brown ...
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 ...
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 ...
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Anu, previously gropod, awarded nearly $1 million competitive grant from the National Science Foundation
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International group of scientists warns nuclear radiation has devastating impacts on ecosystems
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Null results research now published by major behavioral medicine journal
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New experimental treatment can stop the growth of schwannoma tumors
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Latin American and Caribbean researchers detail colonialism in ornithology
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In search of the invisible galaxy