By the time Kim Ring arrived at her neighbors' yard that spring afternoon in 2022, their chicken coop was a flattened pile of lumber surrounded by feathers. The poultry had been raided by a bear. At ...

I’m issuing my updated black-bear-encounter cautions early this year because those often-feared and more-often-misunderstood creatures have been emerging from their dens in March recently. In this ...

State lawmakers are considering a measure that would open Oklahoma’s bear hunting season two weeks early. The bill’s author ...

A Naples dog owner started an online fundraiser to cover vet bills after her dog was attacked by a Florida black bear. The dog, Juno, suffered severe injuries and requires surgery following the ...

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla.—A Collier County family is breathing a sigh of relief after their dog, Juno, survived a bear attack on Wednesday. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission confirmed ...

A noodle shop in central Tokyo is drawing attention for serving a version of soba that mirrors a topic dominating recent headlines in Japan: bear encounters. Matsuishi — a standing noodle bar a short ...

If you go for a walk in the woods, the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (VDWR) wants you to be bear aware. Cherry blossom season is back in the nation's ...

Reconnaissance Marines had four run-ins with bears during recent parachute training in northern Japan, according to the commander of an Alaska-based U.S. Army battalion. Members of the 11th Airborne ...

Managers of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness say they will extend stricter food storage requirements for visitors, noting the rules have reduced encounters with black bears over the last two ...

It’s hard to look at a polar bear and not feel a mix of awe and alarm. They’re massive and built for survival on Arctic ice. While polar bear encounters are rare for most people, they do happen. And ...