Right after they moved to their new development, in the spring of 2020, another bear walked into the open garage after Boyle had brought in the groceries. “It opened my car door and slobbered all over ...

The family doesn’t feed the birds. And Boyle has taught her daughters what to do around bears. “I learned this as a kid too,” she says. “If you see a black bear, you don't run, you don't ...

For tourists, it's their responsibility to "pay it forward" for the next visitors. Don't feed the bears or leave trash out because it could create bad or unsafe behavior patterns in the bears.

Males might wander a 15- to 80-square-mile home range. When winter arrives, black bears spend the season dormant in their dens, feeding on body fat they have built up by eating ravenously all ...