Light-colored brown bear (not a hybrid) (IMAGE)

University at Buffalo

Light-colored brown bear (not a hybrid)

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Genomes analyzed in a new study on bears include that of this bear, pictured here in 1995 on Alaska's North Slope. Scientists had wondered if this bear might be a brown bear-polar bear hybrid, but the new research finds that, “This bear is not a hybrid, but simply a light-colored brown bear,” says University at Buffalo biologist Charlotte Lindqvist.

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Credit: Richard Shideler, Division of Wildlife Conservation, Alaska Department of Fish and Game

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