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Gentle giant Backpack declared winner of Alaska's Fat Bear Week

  • Sep 30
(E. Johnston/National Park Service via AP, File)

Fat Bear Week opens. Can Chunk, the 1,200-pound champ, win again?

  • Sep 22

Colorado recording high number of bear encounters this year: officials

  • Aug 20

Bear-related calls rise nearly 80% in South Lake Tahoe, police say

  • Aug 18

Woman attacked by brown bear while hiking Alaskan trail

  • Jul 22

Dog gets in between charging bear and young boy

  • Jul 7

Man survives grizzly bear attack: 'I thought ... this is it'

  • Jun 9

Missing hiker found dead from likely bear attack in Montana

  • May 8

Latest Videos

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An entire family of bears found their way into a parked car – and witnesses weren't bear-y happy...

  • Sep 30
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Bear-related calls rise nearly 80% in South Lake Tahoe, police say

  • Aug 18
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Family dog gets in between charging bear and young boy

  • Jul 7
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Woman captures terrifying encounter with Grizzly Bear while walking her dog

  • Jun 27
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Grizzly bears charge down trail past hikers in Glacier National Park

  • May 28
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Bear cubs battle it out in epic fight in South Lake Tahoe

  • May 22
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2 Alaska-based soldiers injured in encounter with brown bear during training exercise

  • Apr 20
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CA hunters will soon be allowed to kill up to 2 bears per season

  • Apr 17

Latest Videos

0:41

An entire family of bears found their way into a parked car – and witnesses weren't bear-y happy...

  • Sep 30
5:53

Bear-related calls rise nearly 80% in South Lake Tahoe, police say

  • Aug 18
0:27

Family dog gets in between charging bear and young boy

  • Jul 7
1:24

Woman captures terrifying encounter with Grizzly Bear while walking her dog

  • Jun 27
0:23

Grizzly bears charge down trail past hikers in Glacier National Park

  • May 28
0:20

Bear cubs battle it out in epic fight in South Lake Tahoe

  • May 22
0:13

2 Alaska-based soldiers injured in encounter with brown bear during training exercise

  • Apr 20
2:21

CA hunters will soon be allowed to kill up to 2 bears per season

  • Apr 17

Latest Stories

Bear attack injures two hikers in Yellowstone National Park

Two hikers were injured in a bear attack on a popular hiking trail near Yellowstone National Park's Old Faithful geyser, park officials said Tuesday.

  • May 6
AP Photo/Mark Thiessen,File

2 Alaska-based soldiers injured in encounter with brown bear during training exercise

Two U.S. Army soldiers have been injured after encountering a brown bear in a mountainous training area in Anchorage, the military said.

  • Apr 20
California Department of Insurance

3 Southern California residents sentenced in bear suit insurance fraud scheme

Three Southern California residents have been sentenced in a bizarre insurance fraud scheme which prosecutors say involved them staging fake bear attacks on high-end cars.

  • Apr 18
The BEAR League

California hunters will soon be allowed to kill up to 2 bears per season as population surges

California is seeing bear populations surge, and the state is changing how we hunt them. A unanimous vote Thursday by the California Fish and Game Commission allowed hunters to purchase a second black bear tag per season, meaning they can hunt not one but two bears. Meanwhile, advocates are looking to stop the practice for good.

  • Apr 17

Mother bear and cubs take up residence under family's home in New Jersey

A New Jersey family says they have been sharing their home with a mother bear and her four cubs living right under their house.

  • Apr 15