Black Bears

6 Ways To Bear-Proof Your Home

Jackie Fortier — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 17:14:39 +0000

With bears emerging from hibernation, keeping them away from human food will keep both them and you safe.

Coyotes In The City: Could Urban Bears Be Next?

David Schultz — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 13:33:00 +0000

Meet the new urbanites: They have long, furry muzzles, piercing, yellow eyes and are very, very wily.

They're coyotes.

Until recently, scientists who study wildlife thought coyotes couldn't live in heavily populated areas. Wild carnivorous animals and humans don't typically mix.

But, as we've previously reported, those scientists were proven wrong. There have been coyote sightings in dozens of U.S.

There's A 'Bear Epidemic' Out West, And It's 'About To Get Worse'

Mark Memmott — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 18:18:00 +0000

As Aspen Public Radio's Marci Krivonen has reported for All Things Considered, encounters between humans and bears are up sharply across the western U.S.

Drought Makes Bear Run-Ins More Common

Marci Krivonen — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 21:46:00 +0000

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Encounters between humans and bears have risen in Western states, especially in Wyoming and Colorado. That's due largely to drought. Bears are traveling longer distances for food because the berries they usually eat have dried up.

As we hear from Aspen Public Radio's Marci Krivonen, hungry bears are turning to dumpsters, kitchen cabinets and refrigerators.

MARCI KRIVONEN, BYLINE: Not long ago, a black bear made three stops in one Aspen neighborhood on the same night.

Denali National Park Still Closed After Bear Attack

Mon, 27 Aug 2012 20:46:00 +0000

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More than 100 square miles of backcountry in Alaska's Denali National Park remains under emergency closure after a hiker was mauled to death by a grizzly bear on Friday. It's the only fatal bear attack in the park's 90-year history. Forty-nine-year-old Richard White of San Diego - a solo backpacker - had been photographing the bear for some eight minutes before he was killed.