Asharq Al Awsat Living in a mountain village in northern Greece, retired furrier Dimitris Despas is no stranger to brown bear ...

Polar bears are the largest land carnivores on Earth, capable of weighing over 1,300 pounds and standing more than 10 feet tall on their hind legs . Unlike many predators that avoid humans, hungry ...

Polar bears are intensely curious animals. That curiosity often brings them into contact with people and can put both species at risk from one another. As the Arctic climate warms, some polar bears ...

Climate change and shifting demographics are driving the country’s Asiatic black bears closer to humans. By Claire Moses The ...

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 ...

Apennine brown bears have been living alongside humans in central Italy since at least the era of the Roman Empire. This prolonged proximity to people seems to have affected the isolated creatures’ ...

A frightening encounter in Woodbury has renewed questions about how Connecticut should manage its growing bear population.

Analysis of 3,000 incidents in Canada reveals which animal–human activity combos are especially risky. Of note: Elk and ...