About 22,000 years ago, a giant brown bear lumbered across what is now Portugal. The creature weighed around 385 kg (about 850 pounds), making it one of the largest of its kind ever found, towering ...

A brown bear in Alaska recently injured a woman while on a hike, local authorities say. On Saturday, July 18, the Anchorage Police Department, Anchorage Fire Department, Alaska State Troopers and ...

While the American black bear once faced near-elimination by the early 20th century due to habitat loss from agricultural practices and overhunting, populations have been steadily ...

Solomon “Bear” Brown has been granted a temporary civil protection order against a man in Washington for alleged stalking and harassment in the weeks after his brother’s tragic suicide. “My eldest ...

A woman was attacked by a brown bear Saturday while hiking with a friend and three dogs near a state park in Alaska, authorities said. The woman sustained non-life-threatening injuries and is expected ...

You know it’s your lucky day as a salmon fisherman when a fish jumps into your boat or, if you’re a bear, if a fish jumps into your mouth. The accompanying footage, captured this week in Alaska’s ...

First in a three-part series. This story was produced with support from the Pulitzer Center. In the past four springs, state employees in small planes and a helicopter have combed the skies of ...

First in a three-part series. This story was produced with support from the Pulitzer Center. In the past four springs, state employees in small planes and a helicopter have combed the skies of ...

The group came across the animal while hiking in Hokkaido, Japan on Saturday, July 4 Kimimasa Mayama/EPA/Shutterstock Four climbers were airlifted from a mountain in Hokkaido, Japan after encountering ...

A captivating video captured by Canadian wildlife photographer Jill Elizabeth Hill shows two brown bears engaged in what looks like an energetic wrestling match, but the playful sparring is actually ...