Late every summer, hulking white bears gather outside a tiny Alaska Native village on the edge of the continent, far above ...

The soldiers from the 11th Airborne Division were hurt but managed to fight off the brown bear using bear spray.

Two Army soldiers were attacked by a brown bear in Alaska during a training exercise at at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock All the political back and forth going on doesn't just affect humans; it can have profound effects on animals ...

Leaders in Kaktovik want to ensure boat tours are led by locals, and that visitor numbers are kept at a sustainable level.

I stepped off the bus from Tokyo and into a dense fog. The town of Kazuno, in Japan’s rural Akita prefecture, looked nearly abandoned. I’d arrived expecting the pastoral whimsy of a Miyazaki film.

A scary wildlife encounter involving the U.S. Army took place last week up in Alaska. Two soldiers from the U.S. Army 11th Airborne Division were conducting land navigating training in a remote ...

Two U.S. soldiers are recovering after a bear attacked them during a training exercise near a military installation in ...

Two U.S. Army soldiers were injured in a bear encounter during training in Alaska. Officials say bear spray may have helped ...

The season started Dec. 6, making its return in Florida for the first time in a decade. Last December, FWC staff presented an update on black bears in the state to commissioners. In March 2025, a ...

New York hunters killed a record number of black bears outside the Adirondacks last year, a sign of how far the animals’ range has expanded across the state. Hunters culled an estimated 1,759 black ...