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The Daily Evergreen

The student voice of Washington State University since 1895

The Daily Evergreen

The student voice of Washington State University since 1895

The Daily Evergreen

The WSU Bear Center is currently looking into how bears put on 100 pounds of fat during hyperphagia with no apparent health defects. 

Changing seasons, changing metabolisms

TATE YOUNG, Evergreen reporter December 3, 2023

As the season shifts to cooler weather and shorter days, the bears at WSU’s Bear Center are becomingly noticeably less active and are usually seen sleeping or sluggishly poking around their enclosure. Bear...

There are 11 bears at WSUs Bear Center. They were given a new cave, which researchers say will be used as hibernation approaches.

WSU’s Bear Center builds new cave

EMMA LEDBETTER, Evergreen news editor June 5, 2020

The 11 bears currently living at WSU’s Bear Center have a new cave to explore in their outdoor yard. The cave is made out of a 10-foot-long culvert, or round metal tunnel, that has been compressed...

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