Bears

Authorities gave a large bear time and space to climb down a tree and eventually, after 15 hours, the animal left a Petaluma neighborhood on its own.   

Fifth-grade teacher Betsie Stockslager recorded the video as the bears played at Isaac Dickson Elementary School.

A bear was caught in the act, stealing a package of toilet paper that was delivered to a Connecticut residence.

A Yosemite National Park ranger has shared a heartfelt, heartbreaking story about a young bear that was struck and killed by a vehicle and her grieving mother that spent hours by her side hoping to wake her up.

A Wyoming grizzly bear, Felicia, and her two cubs who have taken up residence near a heavily trafficked highway could possibly lose their lives if a hazing operation by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service fails.

Nothing deterred this very determined bear, who balanced along her porch railing to steal some birdseed.

A 39-year-old woman was found dead in southwestern Colorado after an apparent bear attack, Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials said. The female bear and two yearling cubs were euthanized.

A black bear ripped open a patio screen in Naples and made himself at home in the owner's pool.

Shannon Stevens told The AP that she sat down on the toilet and felt something immediately bite her.

A hunter was attacked and killed by a grizzly bear in an Alaska state park – a first in the nature preserve, officials announced.