Bear Attacks

Mom Saves Family Dog From Bear

Posted 05.08.2012

Lilly the golden retriever was in dire straits last Wednesday night when a mother bear attacked her outside the pooch's home in Northampton, Mass. ...

Study: Guns Aren't The Best Way To Stop Bear Attacks

AP | Posted 05.26.2012

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A bear expert says a study has found that people using bear spray during grizzly bear encounters are injured far less often t...

WATCH: Grizzly Bear Charges As Alaska Tourists Stay Still

The Huffington Post | Tara Kelly | Posted 02.29.2012

A hungry grizzly bear gave a group of tourists camping in Alaska's Katmai National Park quite a fright last February. Filmed by camper Larry Griffi...

After Fatal Bear Attacks, A Renewed Focus On Safety For Both Humans And Animals

AP | MATTHEW BROWN | Posted 12.30.2011

BILLINGS, Mont. — Wildlife agencies in the Northern Rockies go to lengths to warn people of the dangers of grizzly country – from signs ad...

Bear Attacks Couple Inside Home

AP | Posted 12.03.2011

NEWPORT, Pa. — A married couple was injured early Monday when a bear followed the family dog into their rural central Pennsylvania home and went...

7 Bears Captured In Yellowstone Mauling Probe

AP | MATTHEW BROWN | Posted 11.27.2011

BILLINGS, Mont. — Seven grizzly bears have been captured near the scene of a fatal mauling of a Michigan hiker in Yellowstone National Park, but...

Two Children Injured in Black Bear Attack

The Huffington Post | Tara Kelly | Posted 10.04.2011

Remember that reported bear 'attack' that happened on Wednesday in a New Jersey state park that apparently injured two kids on a camping trip? Wel...

2010's Craziest Bear Stories -- Digging Up Graveyards, Guarding Marijuana, Learning Trash Day & More

The Huffington Post | Alden Wicker | Posted 05.25.2011

Bears are heading into their well-concealed dens to hibernate, so we thought it would be a good time to look back on this crazy year of bears. As re...

Idaho Pastor Calls For 'Open Season' on Yellowstone Grizzlies

Todd Wilkinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Todd Wilkinson

Kerry Gunther, Yellowstone's chief grizzly biologist, figured that the odds of being attacked by a grizzly in Yellowstone are one in 2,000,000. The odds of being struck by lightning are one in 500,000. Is the reverend also cursing the sky?

Yellowstone Bear Attack Kills Camper, Injures Two

AP | MATTHEW BROWN | Posted 05.25.2011

COOKE CITY, Mont. — At least one bear rampaged through a heavily occupied campground Wednesday near Yellowstone National Park in the middle of t...

WATCH: Bear Encounters 'Out Of Control' This Year In Tahoe

Posted 05.25.2011

In Lake Tahoe, bear encounters are occurring at an unusually high rate this year, KCRA reports (via CNN). Bear break-ins and other encounters are flo...

Bear Kills Kashmir Militants Hiding In Cave, Say Indian Police

BBC NEWS | Altaf Hussain | Posted 05.25.2011

A bear killed two militants after discovering them in its den in Indian-administered Kashmir, police say. Two other militants escaped, one of them ba...