Bears

The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission is working to cut down on bear and human conflicts this spring.

North Carolina wildlife officials say that since Helene, they have received an increase of reports of bear and human conflicts in the western part of the state.

Residential areas in western North Carolina have seen an increase in bear activity in the past month, including some especially unusual behavior from a…

Biologist, writer and professor Rob Dunn was not always going to be a scientist, but he was probably born to be one. Growing up in rural Michigan, Dunn…

Biologist, writer and professor Rob Dunn was not always going to be a scientist, but he was probably born to be one. Growing up in rural Michigan, Dunn…

The North Carolina Zoo's popular polar bear, Patches, died on Sunday.In recent weeks, Patches had become uninterested in food, and was lethargic,…

NC State University and the Wildlife Resources Commission are catching bears that live in and around Asheville and tracking them using satellite collars.…

Early Monday, officials were tracking a bear in the Five Points area of Raleigh. WRAL reported that information about the bear began to come in after…