Researchers found genetic differences that likely resulted from humans killing aggressive bears, leaving docile individuals ...

The Apennine brown bear is a small population found only in central Italy, with a long history of closeness to human ...

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

Living close to humans doesn’t just change landscapes—it can also change animals themselves. A new genetic study shows that ...

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

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.

Modern species of bears living near humans for extended periods show evidence of genetic changes making them less aggressive ...

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

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 ...