Polar bears are showing up near Arctic communities more often, and headlines suggesting they are “hunting humans” have spread quickly across social media. The reality is far less dramatic but still ...

Polar bears are intensely curious animals. That curiosity often brings them into contact with people and can put both species ...

There is ever-growing global interest in the nature and effects of human-nonhuman interactions (anthrozoology) in all sorts of situations, and it's not at all surprising to learn that humans ...

Several human-bear encounters in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park this month have triggered trail closures and ...

Sometimes you come across a photo of a bear sitting upright near a lake or on a mountain ridge, just staring out over the landscape. For a moment, it looks almost human, like someone who stopped ...

Recent encounters between aggressive bears and humans in Great Smoky Mountains National Park prompted trail closures and safety warnings.