News: bears
Solving the disappearance of bears and lions with ancient DNA
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An international team of researchers led by the University of Adelaide, suggest a change in climate is the likely cause of the mysterious disappearance of ancient lions and bears from parts of North America for a thousand years or more prior to the last Ice Age.
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Smuggling bear parts in Australia and NZ
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Australia doesn’t have any native bears, yet our involvement in the illegal trade of bear parts and products is sadly a different story.