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Patrols of soldiers from the Japan Self-Defense Forces take turns to monitor the streets of areas affected by bear attacks. A Asian black bear weighing over 150 kilograms bit Hiroshi Takahashi's leg ...

“I saw in Louisiana a live-oak growing / All alone stood it, and the moss hung down from the branches.” —Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, 1860-61 More than 150 years after Whitman wrote those lines, the ...

This fall, communities around Japan have reported an unprecedented number of close encounters with bears, including deadly attacks. Drawing on her scientific research, the author explains the multiple ...

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(THE CONVERSATION) Pecans have a storied history in the United States. Today, American trees produce hundreds of million of pounds of pecans – 80% of the world’s pecan crop. Most of that crop stays ...

A man was attacked by a bear while using a public toilet in Japan on Friday, marking the latest incident in a wave of bear encounters in densely populated areas. The attack occurred in the Gunma ...