2 more Marsican bears cubs have drowned. This is the third time we’ve witnessed this avoidable loss: first in 2010, again in 2018, and now in 2025, 7 bears have drowned in 15 years.
September never tragically arrived for the highly endangered Marsican Bear, Amarena. She was named after her love of eating the wild black cherries (Amarena in Italian) that grow abundantly in the Abruzzo.
In Italy, wild garlic 'Aglio orsino' is named after the bears that relish a spring feast upon it. I haven't ever seen it either growing near to me or sold, but luck is in I finally spotted it being advertised for sale in Abruzzo at the covered farmer's market in San Vito Chietino with demonstrations of how to use it!
Italy is celebrating 100 years of the Abruzzo, Molise and Lazio National Park by minting a very special €5 coin
