As bear conflicts with humans are on the rise across Connecticut, bear self-defense products are popular items in outdoor recreation stores, as many residents plan to hike, camp, hunt and fish in the ...

Bear conflicts with humans are on the rise in Connecticut, as the number of sightings reached 159 out of the state’s 169 towns and cities, according to the 2025 “The State of the Bears,” an annual ...

About 10,000 people make the difficult trek here each summer to see the bears, some staying at a small lodge or the campground at Brooks Camp, others flying in from elsewhere in Alaska for the day.

For about the first 10 years or so after my wife and I moved to this area in 1995, we never saw a bear — unless you count the ones on exhibit at the WNC Nature Center. Didn’t see one while hiking on ...

As conflicts between humans and bears continue to rise across the state, Colorado Parks and Wildlife is looking to help communities remove top temptations from bears. On Wednesday, Aug. 27, the state ...

Scientists are using new technology to prevent human-polar bear interactions. As scientists anticipate another unintended consequence of climate change that could pose a threat to both humans and ...

The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is urging residents to be safe and follow proper guidance to reduce the likelihood of conflicts with black bears this fall amid a rise ...

Rural Alaskan and Canadian communities are trying to get along with the large mammals Lesley Evans Ogden, Knowable Magazine Treading carefully through yellowing aspen forest in southeastern British ...

California’s black bears are clever, resourceful and opportunistic. They eat anything and everything — fruits, nuts, insects, human food and pet food. They love bird feeders. They poach mountain lion ...