A conservation success story is both a blessing for nature and a concern for residents near Jirisan National Park, as researchers endeavor to establish a habitat for endangered Asiatic black bears.

Bridgeton’s Cohanzick Zoo has lost one of its mainstay attractions, an Asiatic black bear that arrived here in 1995 as a 6-month-old cub. Zoo staff said April 15 that “Holly” had been euthanized. She ...

A former Morris resident has been recognized by the National Science Teachers Association for her recently-published children's book about rehabilitating bear cubs in Eastern Russia. Lia Kvatum, a ...

Wes Larson, Bear Biologist & Tooth and Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks podcast co-host, ranks all eight bear species by the danger they pose to humans. Number 8 is the Andean bear, which is rare ...