A bear and her three cubs near Alberta had the misfortune to choose a den near a skin track frequented by backcountry skiers. Officials recognized the problem and posted signs, but they’ve still had to ticket 11 people for skiing in the area, and we all know that means that a lot more have made [ more... ]

I’ve heard from friends who have had triplets that it’s three times the work, and that when one wakes up at night, it wakes up all the others. A New Hampshire man with a generous heart has a similar problem, though it’s amplified 27 times. He usually cares for 3 to 5 orphan bear cubs [ more... ]

Yosemite National Park Officials are asking tourists to come out to the park and pick apples from two of the park’s historic orchards. They run the program each year, picking apples near high-traffic areas in the hopes that eliminating the non-native food source will prevent bears from having run-ins with delicious humans. To me the [ more... ]

This week in human encroachment on wild territory, a family of bears wandered onto the outdoor meteorology set of a TV news studio during a live broadcast in Pennsylvania. It would have been the first local newscast worth watching if they’d destroyed the set, but instead they just hung out for about half an hour while the weatherman sought shelter inside. This would have been perfect for a segment on bear spray vs guns.

Gunning down a charging bear might be a great way to stop it. If you happen to hit it in the right spot. A study conducted by BYU found that in 269 close-quarter bear-human conflicts in Alaska from 1883 to 2009, having a firearm made no statistical difference in the outcome. “Guns are great, but [ more... ]

It seems that the endangered species status of grizzly bears in Yellowstone has come into question, with the Federal Government wanting to remove the bears from the endangered species list and environmental groups arguing against doing so. Like most things that end up in courtrooms, the arguments have nothing to do with the topic at [ more... ]