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Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online A new report in PLoS Genetics attempts to clarify conflicting studies on a population of Alaskan brown bears that are genetically similar to polar bears, yet look and act like typical brown bears. "This population of brown bears stood out as being really weird genetically, and there's been a long controversy about their relationship to polar bears," said co-author Beth Shapiro, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the...
LARSEN BAY, Alaska, July 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Kodiak Legends Lodge, Alaska's premier fishing, hunting and wildlife-viewing lodge, is proud to announce the official re-opening of the lodge after significant renovation and rebranding. The lodge enhanced its facilities in the off-season, including the purchase of a Beaver float plane, a new saltwater fishing boat, a new Executive Chef, and improvements to lodge guestrooms. "Our family bought this lodge because we've never encountered a place...
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The brown bear (Ursus arctos) can be found in North America and northern areas of Eurasia. There are sixteen recognized subspecies of the brown bear. This is the most widely distributed species of bear in the world, although its range is shrinking. Its range includes the Alaska and a few other areas of the United States, areas of Russia, and Romania and other areas of the Carpathian region, as well as Canada, Sweden, Finland, and the Balkans. The brown bear derives its common name from the...
The Kamchatka brown bear (Ursus arctos beringianus) is also called the far eastern brown bear. It can be found on the Kamchatka Peninsula, in the Anadyrsky District, on the Kuril Islands and Karaginskiy Island, and along the coastal area of the Sea of Okhotsk. Southward from there, it can be found on the Stanovoy Range and the Shantar Islands. The range of this bear that is not within the former Soviet Union includes Saint Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea. This bear is a subspecies of the...
