It’s hard to look at a polar bear and not feel a mix of awe and alarm. They’re massive and built for survival on Arctic ice. While polar bear encounters are rare for most people, they do happen. And ...

Headlines about bear attacks often make it sound like encounters come out of nowhere, as if people and bears simply collided by chance. When biologists, park rangers and incident investigators go back ...

Bear encounters near residential areas are rising across the United States, and this trend is no longer limited to remote mountain towns or forest edges. Suburbs, rural communities, and even ...