A bear was euthanized after it wandered into a New Jersey Dollar General store and bit a 90-year-old woman before being led outside by a patron, authorities in Vernon Township said Wednesday.

A mama bear has been linked to more than a dozen home break-ins in the South Lake Tahoe area since mid-July. 'Hope' is being 'scapegoated,' supporters say.

SIMSBURY, Conn. — Kayleigh Roy and her dog Phoenix are regulars on a hiking trail in Simsbury near Talcott Mountain. They’re best friends through and through, but on June 30, a bear almost tore the two apart. "I was just like this can't be our last ...

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. (WSVN)— A Volusia County Sheriff’s Office K-9 encountered a bear while searching for a man in the woods who is accused of aggravated battery. During their pursuit of their suspect through the trees over the weekend, their K-9 ...

Hunters, fishers, hikers and kayakers all look forward to returning to the woods even though concern about wildfires remains high, and the causes of those fires still uncertain.

A pair of Cornell University students killed a 120-pound black bear before bringing the carcass back to their dorm where they skinned and butchered the remains, officials said Thursday. The two undergrads who had "valid New York State hunting licenses killed a bear lawfully over the weekend," a Cornell spokesperson said in a statement.