SAPPORO--Increased sightings of brown bears in Hokkaido in winter suggest the animals are awakening earlier from hibernation or not hibernating at all, putting forestry workers in wilderness areas ...

A bear was spotted in central Pärnu at the weekend, Maaleht reported, unusual both for the setting, in the middle of a town, ...

While, the department notes April and May tend to be when it starts to see both brown bears and black bears emerging from ...

But with the deepest part of winter upon us, not all bears are hibernating ... has been joined on its nightly visits with a larger, brown bear. "And now we're like, wow, there's going to be ...

Winter is no time to relax one’s guard as brown bears do not hibernate. Near-daily sightings since Jan. 4 of an animal that is estimated to stand two meters tall prompted officials to set a ...

A bear spotted in the southwestern Estonian town of Pärnu last weekend has sparked local interest, with authorities ...

That might not sound too weird - but bears aren't normally spotted this early in the year, which makes this pretty unusual. They usually stay in hibernation - which is like a deep sleep that helps ...

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 ...

the bears will head to their dens. This period of time is often referred to as a hibernation, but brown bears don’t actually fully hibernate in winter. Instead, they enter a deep sleep known as ...

A brown bear in Kent who underwent pioneering ... but zoo workers would have been unable to treat him once he went into semi-hibernation (torpor). It was decided that brain surgery was the ...