The brown bear of Eurasia and North America
A series of reports shows Colorado marmots fattening up for winter as Fat Marmot Week launches to raise funds for long-running marmot research amid federal funding cuts. Last winter’s low snowpack increased marmot deaths and shifting social dynamics are visible in alpine colonies across the region.
Prosecutors have opened a probe into criminal negligence as bear attacks across Russia have risen alongside a doubling of the brown bear population since 1990. Several fatalities have been reported in the Krasnoyarsk and Khakassia regions, with authorities warning that many bears remain near inhabited areas.