Prior to the incident, as well as shortly afterward, Sapporo city authorities received a raft of sightings of the pizza-eating mother and her cubs in urban areas. The brown bear family was ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. Deep in the forests of south-central Sweden, brown bears (Ursus arctos) emerge from hibernation ravenous. Mama bears and their cubs will consume ...

BREEDING: Female brown bears reach sexual maturity at 3.5 to seven years of age, with most cubs born to females younger than five years not surviving. Males become sexually mature at a similar age but ...

On Monday, delegations from Romania, Slovakia and Finland presented a proposal to the EU Environment Council, asking for the protection status of some brown bear populations to be downgraded.