bears

Town officials are issuing a warning after a black bear was caught on a home surveillance camera Wednesday night in Walpole, Massachusetts. The footage, posted on the Walpole Police Department’s Facebook page, shows the bear walking across Leonard Road, which is not far from Johnson Middle School. Black bears aren’t unique to the area, police said, but the population...

A Ridgefield police officer has been placed on administrative leave for their involvement in the shooting of a bear in Newtown. Ridgefield’s police chief previously said one of his department’s off-duty officers was involved in the shooting that happened last week. The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) said they rescued the two orphaned cubs after their mother...

A pair of pet pigs successfully fended off an attack by a bear that jumped into their pen in a you-have-to-see-it-to-believe it moment.

Wednesday evening: Mostly sunny with a sea breeze through sunset and temps in the 50s inland, 40s at the coast. Overnight Wednesday: Clouding up, fog south. Lows in the 30s, 40s south. Thursday: Cloudy with PM showers and highs in the 50s.

Sure signs of spring continue unfolding across New England as mild air rolls on with daylight now increasing at nearly three new minutes per day and set to cross 12 hours Thursday for the first time since Sept. 25.  Peepers are sounding off in the evenings, crocuses are blooming, bears have been reported to be waking from hibernation and soft…

Today: Fair sky, PM sea breeze. Highs in the 50s. Tonight: Clouding up, fog south. Lows in the 30s, 40s south. Thursday: Cloudy, PM showers. Highs in the 50s.

Authorities say a man in southern Oregon trying to protect his home from a bear instead fatally shot his brother by mistake, then killed himself.

‘Poaching bears to harvest their organs is cruel, and it’s destroying bear populations,’ one of the bill’s sponsors said

The crawlspace under a Southern California home was just right for a mama bear and her cub.

The fierce rivalry between the two oldest teams in the NFL made for some spectacular football on Sunday night, as the Bears traveled to Green Bay to face the Packers.  The two teams combined for an explosive 45 points in a 2nd quarter slugfest. The Bears scored touchdowns of 46 and 54 yards plus an additional 97-yard Jakeem Grant punt-return….

Porch pirates have become a big problem in recent years, but when a woman saw a package being taken from her front step on a surveillance camera, she was surprised to see the culprit.

A wild brown bear went on an 8-hour rampage in Sapporo, Japan, injuring four people before it was shot dead.

A home surveillance video caught three bears entering an SUV earlier this week in Avon, Connecticut.

Rhode Island wildlife officials are reminding residents to remove potential food sources from their properties as black bears emerge from hibernation. Although rarely aggressive around people, bears can quickly become a nuisance if they identify and repeatedly return to a source of food, the Department of Environmental Management said in a statement this week. Black bears have an excellent sense…

A Japanese town is using a robot wolf with flashing lights to scare away bears that have become a problem in the countryside.

The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department says the coronavirus pandemic is contributing to an increase in problems with bears. Bear project leader Andrew Timmins says complaints have increased in part because dry weather in spring and early summer reduced natural food sources for bears, driving them into residential areas. But the pandemic also is playing a role in several…

New Hampshire wildlife officials warn that bears are more active this winter because of mild weather combined with limited snowfall. New Hampshire Fish and Game officers says bears are encouraged to remain active because of the amount of available food. Bears typically hibernate from November to April, but in a mild winter that period can be shortened to December or…

Police are not allowing visitors into Topstone Park in Redding Thursday morning after a mother bear and two cubs were spotted.

A family of bears were spotted off Route 2 in Templeton, Massachusetts. Concerned about the family’s safety, officials removed the bears from their den into a safe location.

What. A. Win. The Eagles beat the Bears 16 to 15 in an absolute thriller.