Autumn Welch dons a fur coat, leather gloves and a bear mask for work these days, then enters an enclosure to feed and fawn over a 12-pound (5.4 kg) black bear cub who she hopes will consider her ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) is reminding everyone to take care and not to feed the bears.

The National Park Service is warning visitors not to feed black bears, saying that giving the animals food could lead to serious consequences for the animal and large fines. "Feeding bears is not only ...

A Montana woman who was illegally feeding multiple bears on the family property pleaded guilty to one count of felony criminal endangerment and received what some might consider a light sentence, ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story has been updated to reflect the correct spelling of the lodge. GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — A viewer shared a video from behind a lodge in Gatlinburg of a bear family in a ...

Gloves, a fur coat and a bear mask. This outfit might sound like avant-garde fashion, but it’s actually the uniform of caretakers at the San Diego Humane Society who are raising an orphaned black bear ...