Polar bears are intensely curious animals. That curiosity often brings them into contact with people and can put both species at risk from one another. Between 2011 and 2021, research colleagues and I ...

Bear conflicts with humans continue to be a problem in Connecticut despite a small dip in bear home entries last year, according to the 2026 “The State of the Bears,” an annual Department of Energy ...

Colorado’s black bears are beginning to stir with the first signs of spring. While the spring wake-up for bears comes right on schedule, this winter’s historically low snowpack, record high ...

Several human-bear encounters in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park this month have triggered trail closures and warnings throughout the park. There were three incidents April 18-19 in which ...

Bears are back out in large numbers this year, and the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) just released its 2026 State of the Bears report as we head into the warm months. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Generally speaking, giving wild animals lots of space is never a bad idea. Even though most critters, like squirrels and birds, ...

Something surprising has been happening to polar bears. Those living in Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago, have been gobbling up hundreds of birds' eggs and looking healthier than they have in the ...