Ramsey Prong Road and Ramsey Cascades Trail are closed as rangers monitor bear activity. Earlier this month, rangers also ...

Following recent aggressive bear encounters with humans, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park closed two of its trails.

Rangers said in one incident, a bear bit a visitor who entered a closed area.

Spring is here and bears are on the move, and one recently decided to wander around a residential area in Clinton where a ...

Two encounters included a bear approaching visitors and taking backpacks. In another, a bear displayed aggressive behavior ...

In a news release, the National Park Service said two of the Ramsey Cascades encounters involved a bear approaching visitors ...

Polar bears depend on frozen ocean surfaces more than any other land predator. The ice functions as a platform where they hunt seals, their primary source of energy. Bears often wait beside breathing ...

Vermont may be known for maple syrup and fall foliage, but it is increasingly recognized for something wilder: a growing black bear population. These animals are no longer confined to remote forests.

Several members of my family, in different parts of Virginia, have seen bears in their back yard. Some years ago, a bear used ...

Colorado’s black bears are beginning to stir with the first signs of spring. While the spring wake-up for bears comes right ...