About 90 percent of a brown bear’s diet consists of acorns, grasses and other plants. When plants are thin on the ground in winter due to heavy snow, bears hibernate by slowing down their ...

The brown bear is characterized by a distinctive hump on the shoulders, a slightly dished profile to the face, and long straight claws on the front paws used for digging. Weight varies with the season ...

Bones and teeth discovered in a Highland cave in Scotland show a fish-heavy diet eaten by the animals previously identified as brown bears. The University of Aberdeen worked with National Museums ...

Polar bears once roamed Scotland during the last Ice Age, new analysis of ancient bones and fossils has suggested. Research by academics at Aberdeen and Edinburgh unis found evidence of the ...

Although it is the sister species of the brown bear, it has evolved to ... and for hunting the seals which make up most of its diet. Although most polar bears are born on land, they spend most ...