A new paper in Molecular Biology and Evolution, published by Oxford University Press, reports that Italian bears living in areas with many villages evolved and became smaller and less aggressive.

Italian bears living in close proximity to villages have evolved to be smaller and less aggressive, a new study has found. Published in Molecular Biology and Evolution, the paper examined the Apennine ...

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 ...