Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The constellation of the Great Bear, Ursa Major.
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On land, fish traveling upriver feed raptors such as foxes Vulpes vulpes schrenki and a dense population of brown bears Ursus arctos, which is amongst the densest in the world with average range of 15 square kilometers (km2).
Shiretoko, Japan 2008
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But, if the arctos was a totem, that fact explains the Callisto story and Attic bear dance, while the philological theory -- Mr. Max Muller's theory -- does not explain it.
Modern Mythology Andrew Lang 1878
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Description: In July this year, the French secretary of state for ecology, Chantal Jouanno, announced that France would halt investment into restoration efforts for the Pyrenean brown bear (Ursus arctos), which currently numbers fewer than 20 individuals.
Biodiversity 100: actions for Europe Guillaume Chapron 2010
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Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) are very closely related to brown bears (Ursus arctos); it could be said they are just brown bears that have adapted to living in polar conditions.
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Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) skulls may put them at a disadvantage when competing with their close relative, the brown bear (Ursus arctos), concluded a team ...
Polar Bears May Lose Out To Brown Bears In Changing Climate Discovery News 2010
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Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) skulls may put them at a disadvantage when competing with their close relative, the brown bear (Ursus arctos), concluded a team of researchers led by Graham Slater of UCLA.
Polar Bears: Brown Bears May Edge Out Species In Competition For Survival As Climate Changes The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Fennoscandia is home to the last remaining sizeable populations of large mammalian predators in Western Europe, including bear (Ursus arctos), lynx (Lynx lynx), wolf (Canis lupus), and wolverine (Gulo gulo).
Climate change and reindeer nomadism in Finnmark, Norway 2010
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Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) skulls may put them at a disadvantage when competing with their close relative, the brown bear (Ursus arctos), concluded a team ...
Polar Bears May Lose Out To Brown Bears In Changing Climate Discovery News 2010
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The Arctic wolf (Canis lupus arctos) is the main predator of the Muskoxen as well as the Caribou.
Arctic 2010
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Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) skulls may put them at a disadvantage when competing with their close relative, the brown bear (Ursus arctos), concluded a team of researchers led by Graham Slater of UCLA.
Polar Bears May Lose Out To Brown Bears In Changing Climate Discovery News 2010
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Incidents between people and Tibetan brown bears (Ursus arctos pruinosus), also known as Tibetan blue bears, on the Tibetan Plateau are escalating, perhaps at least partly due to climate change affecting the animals’ usual territory.
AI-powered chilli spray could deter bears without injuring them Matthew Sparkes 2025
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