For most North American hikers, the possibility of a bear encounter has crossed their minds. Whether a hiker is prepared for an encounter, however, is another matter. When I worked as a field ...

Less than a month after a man was apparently killed by a grizzly in Glacier National Park, there were reports of another possible bear attack on a ...

A grizzly bear broke a man's arm in Glacier National Park.

Officials must determine whether the bear was defending itself or acting aggressively — a decision that will decide the ...

In Yellowstone National Park a few years ago, I listened while a man confidently explained to his wife why a brown-phase black bear was a grizzly bear. He based most of his description on the color of ...

Mystic Falls, near Old Faithful — that until 2024 had been closed to reduce the chance of conflicts with grizzly bears.

On the evening of May 16, a hunter shot and killed a male grizzly bear in defense of life after it charged him and his young son from a short distance away while they were hunting black bears near the ...