Colorado’s black bears are beginning to stir with the first signs of spring. While the spring wake-up for bears comes right on schedule, this winter’s historically low snowpack, record high ...

Brown bears have become less aggressive after regular interaction with humans over hundreds of years, according to new research. An isolated population of the mammals living in a region of Italy with ...

Polar bears are intensely curious animals. That curiosity often brings them into contact with people and can put both species at risk from one another. Between 2011 and 2021, research colleagues and I ...

Bears are back out in large numbers this year, and the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) just released its 2026 State of the Bears report as we head into the warm months. The ...

Bear conflicts with humans continue to be a problem in Connecticut despite a small dip in bear home entries last year, according to the 2026 “The State of the Bears,” an annual Department of Energy ...

Apennine brown bears have been living alongside humans in central Italy since at least the era of the Roman Empire. This prolonged proximity to people seems to have affected the isolated creatures’ ...