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 ...
Most people imagine a bear encounter as loud and chaotic, yet real encounters unfold with startling speed. A bear reads ...
Polar bears are showing up near Arctic communities more often, and headlines suggesting they are “hunting humans” have spread ...
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 ...
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 ...