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

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 ...

A paper in Molecular Biology and Evolution, reports that Italian bears living in areas with many villages evolved and became ...

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

Italian brown bears have some remarkable characteristics. Learn more about these bears and how several factors made them docile.

A new paper in Molecular Biology and Evolution reports that Italian bears living in areas with many villages evolved and ...

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 ...

New genetic research suggests centuries of human persecution may have selected for calmer behavior in Italy's rare Apennine ...

Study suggests Apennine brown bears evolved smaller bodies and calmer behavior after generations of living close to people in Central Italy.

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 information added another layer of shock and sadness for the parents. The acquaintance, the last person to see their son ...