Over the past few months (August through November), bears across Montana have been preparing for hibernation. They get ready ...

Bears are undependable about Rip Van Winkle-type sleeping. So it was not a surprise this past week for a neighbor to report ...

Recently, I accompanied a Minnesota Department of Natural Resources biologist on a field trip to Camp Ripley in central Minnesota to answer this question: Do bears sleep in the woods? The answer is: ...

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