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 ...

One of the two Big Bear eaglets marked another milestone Thursday — hovering for the first time. The next step will be to "fledge," which is when the eaglets actually leave the nest.

The brown bear population is much denser farther north in Europe. Last month, Slovenia approved the culling of more than 200 brown bears, whose population in a forested area outside the capital ...