ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexico is home to an estimated 9,000 black bears. This year, more of them are crossing paths with people. By early August, the New Mexico Department of Wildlife had ...

Bear wandered into Mono county free libraries branch ahead of opening, snacking before wandering new releases ...

Bear #89 got his very appropriate nickname from his habit of riding his mother’s back through the Brooks River as a cub. That mama bear is Katmai legend and former Fat Bear Week ...

The woman, who fled after sustaining injuries and sought help from neighbors, is being treated in a hospital, officials said.

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Altadena residents say the 500-pound bear that made headlines last year after taking up residence under a home has apparently returned to the neighborhood in search of another shelter.

Hospital workers expect the occasional unexpected visitor, but a black bear wandering through the halls probably isn’t on ...

Buncombe County residents who feed bears now face a misdemeanor charge, along with fines and court costs.

Call them fat. Call them corpulent. Call them rotund, portly, Rubenesque or chunky. Whatever adjective you like, the bears are back in town and as big as ever. In what has become a marquee annual ...