This article was published in the Autumn 2024 issue of Litterae Populi. The full issue can be found here.Much of bear ecology ...

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 ...