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 relationship between humans and bears in the Adirondacks has changed over the decades. When there were still landfills in the park, people would go to those landfills to watch bears eat human food ...

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 ...

ST. PAUL - Ely bear researcher Lynn Rogers' practice of hand-feeding wild bears is "a terrible idea" that is "very dangerous" and increases the risk of bear attacks on the general public, a federal ...

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 ...

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 ...