bears

Animal symbolism: the spiritual significance of seeing these creatures

We've heard that a black cat in your path is bad luck, but what about a cardinal in your window?

Gumbo-loving black bear lunges at amusement park worker in terrifying scene

"He's drooling. He's all about this gumbo!" A hungry black bear caused chaos at the Anakeesta Mountaintop Adventure Park in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. The animal intruder broke into a concession stand...

Adorable bear takes dip in pond, floats with her paws up at NY sanctuary

An adorable black bear named Sonya was captured on camera luxuriating in a pond with her paws poking out of the water at the Orphaned Wildlife Center in Otisville upstate.

Calif. woman was harassed by aggressive black bear she named ‘Big B---ard’ before fatal mauling in home

Pactice Miller, 71, had been harassed by an aggressive black bear in her small Northern California town for months before it broke into her home and killed her last year.

Shocked family finds bear living in crawl space beneath baby's room

Jaimey Tate, a homeowner in Monrovia, was shocked to discover that a bear, who the neighborhood has dubbed Samson, was living in his family's crawl space.

A tranquilized black bear takes a dive from a tree, falls into a waiting tarp

A young black bear took a dive from a tree Tuesday, landing in a giant tarp held aloft by a group of wildlife, public safety and rescue officials who tranquilized...

Bear cub triplets make public debut in Queens

Three Andean bear cubs, who were born on Jan. 3, made their big debut at the Queens Zoo on June 3. The five-month old cubs include two brothers and one...

Rare Andean cub triplets make their debut at Queens Zoo

Three, rare Andean bear cubs have made their big debut at the Queens Zoo, the first births of their kind in a year.

Bear chases dog and Minnesota woman in heart-pounding video: 'Lunged at me'

The heart-pounding moments, caught on her home surveillance video, then showed Bailey Jacobson screaming and running back toward her Maple Grove home after the bear "lunged" toward her.

Bear sneaks into California home and grabs Oreo cookies

A bear has been spotted going to multiple homes in Los Angeles and swiping packs of a popular brand of cookies. As recently as May 24, the bear broke into...

Bear mauls teen with rare disorder as he watched TV in cabin

"This is not what you would expect, this is not normal. For whatever reason, there was something wrong with this bear, something was off."

Six people contract 'brain worms' from eating undercooked bear kabobs

One family suffered a bear-y bad problem after consuming bear meat at a family reunion: brain worms.

Veteran survives horrifying grizzly bear attack while hiking in national park: 'She went in for a kill bite on my neck'

“In this moment, I accepted on that small hill top that I very well could die. I recorded a short video telling my people that I loved them.”

Surprise grizzly bear attack prompts closure of a mountain in Grand Teton

A grizzly bear attacked and seriously injured a man in western Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park, prompting closure of a mountain there Monday.

Still-at-large bear kills Chihuahua and injures second dog in NJ town

One dog was killed and another injured in two separate incidents in western New Jersey.

Wily coyote isn't afraid to poke the bear

Watch the playful moment a coyote sneaked up behind a large black bear and nipped at its hind leg — before darting away in the woods of Parkdale, Oregon. The...

Bear dragged car crash victim's body from scene: cops

Daniel Ducharme, 31, was found near a bear after the horror crash Sunday, and police said that "evidence suggests the bear at some point had made contact with the victim's...

TikTok trending question about 'being stuck in a forest' with 'a man or a bear' yields strategic tips

But how dangerous, really, are bears in the woods?