This photo provided by Roger McCartich shows a polar bear lying on a barrier island near Kaktovik, Alaska, on September 18, 2019. (Photo by Roger McCartich via AP) At the end of every summer, high above the Arctic Circle and outside a small Alaskan Native village on the edge of the continent, large polar bears … Read more
A bear was recently spotted in the Durham area. The Fenn family’s blink camera captured the incident near Sandy Creek Park. It appears to be a black bear, a species that is increasingly entering the Triangle. “I’m glad he didn’t break in, that was my first thought!” Feng Xinyu said. “It detects movement of people, … Read more
The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks said residents in Clinton were surprised when a black bear was spotted multiple times over the weekend wandering around backyards and climbing fences. Bill Miley, a Clinton resident, spotted the bear on his surveillance camera Friday night. “I said, ‘Look at this person, Susan, come here,’” Miley … Read more
SACRAMENTO — A month after the public uproar over the euthanasia of a mother bear that mauled a resident in Monrovia, state lawmakers are considering mandating the use of non-lethal methods to allow wildlife and humans to coexist. Sen. Katherine Breakspear (D-Encinitas) said she believes the bears are dead, and the state’s decision to kill … Read more
When Franz Ingelfinger took over as Kalispell area biologist for the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks four years ago, he kept hearing the same suggestions from hunters and outfitters. Find out what’s happening in the South Fork Flathead River drainage. “They were interested in my schooling and what was going on there,” Ingelfinger … Read more
Jacques Plant/Figure 1 Publishing In 2011, as a teenager, photographer Jacques Plante came across a cover that read: national geographic Featuring British Columbia’s Great Bear Rainforest. It was a defining moment in my life when I fell in love with that image and the story of a rare polar bear living in one of the … Read more