Polar bears are showing up near Arctic communities more often, and headlines suggesting they are “hunting humans” have spread ...

Aromatic attractants like meat caches, campsites, cooking areas, and sled-dog yards also lure them with the reward of food.

Polar bear encounters with humans are a regular concern for scientists and communities near polar bear habitats, but new research is showing the bears' reasons for coming in contact with humans might ...

Other stories of recent bear encounters in Japan come to a more harrowing end. In October, local police in Iwate Prefecture, a region in northeastern Japan, reported that a man was out foraging ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford.View full profile Eleanor has an ...

Incidents that make us consider the relationship between humans and wild animals are happening all over Japan, from bear attacks to crop damage by wild animals. How should we interpret the current ...

The incident happened in Dehradun, and forest officials called it "the first bear attack reported from this area," according to the Times of India. Local residents rushed to help and scared off the ...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife said it euthanized a mother bear that had “a long history of human conflict” in South Lake Tahoe this week The agency said this happened after the bear ...