A bear tries not to conflict with large creatures, so try to appear bigger. For example, raise your backpack above your head.

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Officials in timber-dependent counties around Southwest Washington say the state Forest Practices Board’s new rule expanding no-logging zones around some streams amounts to an economic siege. “We’re ...

As the Chicago Bears openly consider constructing a new stadium in Northwest Indiana, team officials say the franchise’s ...

Polar bear encounters with people are rare, but they can happen to people who live in, work in, or visit the Arctic. Here's how to stay safe.

A genetic analysis of polar bears in southeast Greenland found that genes related to heat-stress, aging, and metabolism are ...

Bears and other animals that haven't been seen for years were popping up across Ohio in 2025. Here's a look back at where, and which ones.

Saturday night's Week 16 showdown between the Green Bay Packers (9-4-1) and Chicago Bears (10-4) could be the most meaningful chapter in the NFL's oldest rivalry since these teams met with a Super ...

The Apennine brown bear, Ursus arctos marsicanus, exists nowhere else on Earth. Genetic evidence shows that this population ...

At 75, Hasta Bahadur Sathighare Magar says he still remembers the time when the slopes above his village in the rural ...

While bear attacks seem to have become a significant problem in Japan—with the country going as far as deploying the army —new research reveals that an Italian bear species has evolved to be less ...