MISSOURI, USA — A feeding frenzy is about to kick off throughout Missouri. Conservationists have warned the state's residents to prepare their homes. Over 1,000 black bears now call Missouri home, ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park has a serious warning for visitors: Don't feed the bears. Really. Not only feeding black bears dangerous, it's also illegal. An increase in incidents of people ...

ASHEVILLE - The town of Biltmore Forest passed a law against feeding wildlife after police responded to a call where residents were “actively feeding bears,” according to a commission agenda packet.

Please, please, please - stop feeding the bears at Tennessee’s Great Smoky Mountains National Park. What may seem to be a kind gesture could result in a mauling, a fine of up to $5,000, or ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Now that cooler autumn weather has replaced those hot summer days, Oregon's bears have begun their annual fall eat-a-thon, known as hyperphagia, to prepare for winter. And that ...

Polar bears, the iconic creatures of the Arctic, have a role that extends beyond their status as apex predators. They are vital contributors to the Arctic ecosystem, providing millions of kilograms of ...

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is urging people, and particularly those who live in places where black bears proliferate, to avoid leaving garbage, pet food, bird seed and other food ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – A group of researchers say polar bears forced off melting sea ice will not find enough food to replace their current diet of fat-laden marine mammals such as seals, a ...

A polar bear feasts on a seal it captured in the receding tide along the Hudson Bay Lowlands. Ryan St. John peers through his binoculars on the shore of Hudson Bay near his home community of Arviat, ...