They do not often attack humans, and while fatal bear attacks are rare, they do happen. Grizzlies, black bears, and even polar bears can attack humans, leading to fatalities. In fact, all bears ...

A woman’s death in Sierra County has been confirmed as the first documented fatal attack by a black bear on a human in California history, according to officials. Patrice Miller, 71, was found ...

They kill about one to two people a year. And nearly half of all fatal wild bear attacks since 1900 occurred in one of these six national parks. But even 1,700-pound bears have nothing on spiders ...

Downieville, on Highway 49 about 40 miles northwest of Truckee, made headlines as the site of California’s first documented fatal black bear attack on a person. Patrice Miller, 71, was killed in ...

An Aitkin County woman was injured in a black bear attack Monday evening, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. The 72-year-old McGregor woman was bitten and clawed by a sow ...

Parks Canada said the couple's death marks the first fatal bear attack at Banff National Park in decades A couple killed in a bear attack at Canada's Banff National Park have been identified by ...

In security footage captured from a neighboring home, the bear can be seen running up to Nierer and tackling him to the ground. Luckily Nierer's neighbor, Mike Bramich, saw the attack and rushed ...

Fatal black bear attacks against humans are very rare, experts say. Around 90% of deaths by bears in Alaska are caused by brown bears or grizzlies. On Sunday a 16-year-old boy was killed by a ...

A record 219 people were victims of bear attacks, six of them fatal, in the 12 months through March 2024, while more than 9,000 black and brown bears were trapped and culled over that period ...