Bears love human trash, and humans wage a constant battle to keep them out of their trash cans. Human trash isn't good bear food, and bear/human actions are dangerous for both. While acknowledging ...

A black bear. File photo. Schools, municipalities and fire departments statewide are getting funds from Colorado Parks and Wildlife to help reduce human-bear interactions. Bears that get too ...

Complaints about bears in trash have been persistent enough this year that Roanoke County accepted a $10,000 grant from the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries to spend on bear-proof garbage cans.

From here on out, the pickings will be decidedly slimmer on Seeley Lake school yards for hungry bears. Nine bear-resistant garbage bins arrived at Seeley's elementary and high schools last week, ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- Everybody could use a little help taking out the trash. A man in Asheville, North Carolina, caught the moment a black bear cub was pushing his trash bin across his driveway on ...

Jul. 29—The North Fork Preservation Association and People and Carnivores teamed up to provide bear resistant food storage and garbage containers in businesses in and around Polebridge. Bear resistant ...

A video shows a bear trying to get into a bear-proof trash can in Blue River on Sunday, July 27. Resident Lauren Mackey shared the video with Summit Daily. Blue River resident Lauren Mackey caught a ...

MISSOULA - Late spring is the peak time for bears to come out of hibernation and start wandering through the outskirts of communities bordering forests and wilderness areas. Montana Fish, Wildlife and ...

KODIAK, Alaska — High school students in Kodiak are working to help wildlife and the community with a project to turn regular trash bins into ones that are bear-resistant. The project is a joint ...

BLACKSBURG — Wendie Davis and her daughter Chelsea Riggins don’t recall ever seeing the creatures in the neighborhood when the small family moved to their current home nearly five years ago. “It’s ...