A feeding frenzy is about to kick off throughout Missouri. Conservationists have warned the state's residents to prepare their homes. Over 1,000 black bears now call Missouri home, nearly a century ...

Officials recommend that humans never approach or feed wild black bears, which number over 1,500 in the Gatlinburg area Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Now that cooler autumn weather has replaced those hot summer days, Oregon's bears have begun their annual fall eat-a-thon, known as hyperphagia, to prepare for winter. And that ...

The town of Biltmore Forest unanimously passed an ordinance against feeding wildlife after police responded to a call where residents were “actively feeding bears.” Three municipalities in Western ...

Becky Bohrer / AP It’s the time of year when Oregon’s black bears enter hyperphagia. That means they’re eating as much as they can before entering hibernation in the winter. Beth Quillian is with the ...

MISSOURI (KFVS) - The Missouri Department of Conservation is reminding people that more than 1,000 black bears are currently foraging for food to fatten up. Conservationists say this can lead to ...

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) were reminding people to be Bearwise. Missouri’s estimated 1,000 plus black bears were focused on fattening up and can spend up to 20 hours a day foraging ...

EAGLE, Colorado – The Colorado Division of Wildlife is looking for two or more people who were seen hand feeding burgers to a black bear and three cubs over the noon hour on Wednesday at Burger King ...

It’s just after 8 a.m. on a Thursday in June and Aspen community response officer Alyse Katynski has issued two warnings to businesses that didn’t secure their trash, allowing a bear to feed on the ...

Study suggests Apennine brown bears evolved smaller bodies and calmer behavior after generations of living close to people in Central Italy.