When he tried backing away slowly, one bear began moving toward him, said the 32-year-old originally from Auckland, New Zealand. “It was around my size, it was an adult, it was at least 60 or 70 kilos ...

EMPIRE, MI -- Every October, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore welcomes about 100,000 visitors for prime leaf peeping. This weekend will be prime to route up M-22 and take a cruise through Pierce ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has set a planned hunt of 172 black bears to start on Dec. 6. Bear Warriors United argues that the hunt would harm Florida's black bear population ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A wild, very “polite” and possibly lonely black bear recently paid a visit to its neighbors at a Northern ...

The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission recently released 12 rehabilitated black bear cubs back to the wild, eight of them in the mountains where they were found, according to an Oct. 16 news ...

Vasi the sloth bear is using his new limb to dig, climb and play at Bannerghatta Bear Rescue Centre in India Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her ...

Max Thomas didn’t even use a tent on a recent trip to the Sam’s Throne Recreation Area in northwest Arkansas, preferring to sleep under the stars. But after a few days, his son, Andrew, became ...

A 22-year-old man has been arrested in the slaying of his 24-year-old brother-in-law during a loud argument in a Brooklyn apartment building, police said Monday. Yonathan Guzman has been charged with ...

Arkansas officials previously said they were “extremely confident” the juvenile black bear killed was the right one. Unsplash via Michael Anfang Arkansas wildlife officials announced they killed the ...

A hunter in North Idaho was charged by a grizzly bear near the Canadian border on Wednesday. The hunter, who was not injured, fired four shots in self-defense, according to a Facebook post from the ...

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