Attacks on humans commonly occur when a sloth bear is startled at close range, just as with the tigers in the study. The bears also tend to stand up, swat and charge in a similar way. Mr. Sharp ...

A photo taken at the tiger reserve in 2019 shows a brown leucistic sloth bear walking in front of a normal-colored yearling. Other photos from 2020 show a leucistic bear carrying two black cubs on ...

A photo taken at the tiger reserve in 2019 shows a brown leucistic sloth bear walking in front of a normal-colored yearling. Other photos from 2020 show a leucistic bear carrying two black cubs on ...

A photo taken at the tiger reserve in 2019 shows a brown leucistic sloth bear walking in front of a normal-colored yearling. Other photos from 2020 show a leucistic bear carrying two black cubs on ...

A photo taken at the tiger reserve in 2019 shows a brown leucistic sloth bear walking in front of a normal-colored yearling. Other photos from 2020 show a leucistic bear carrying two black cubs on ...

A photo taken at the tiger reserve in 2019 shows a brown leucistic sloth bear walking in front of a normal-colored yearling. Other photos from 2020 show a leucistic bear carrying two black cubs on ...

A sloth bear was captured from Yedakkadu village near Kundha in the Nilgiris and released in the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) by the Forest Department staff on Sunday.

A photo taken at the tiger reserve in 2019 shows a brown leucistic sloth bear walking in front of a normal-colored yearling. Other photos from 2020 show a leucistic bear carrying two black cubs on ...

A photo taken at the tiger reserve in 2019 shows a brown leucistic sloth bear walking in front of a normal-colored yearling. Other photos from 2020 show a leucistic bear carrying two black cubs on ...

A photo taken at the tiger reserve in 2019 shows a brown leucistic sloth bear walking in front of a normal-colored yearling. Other photos from 2020 show a leucistic bear carrying two black cubs on ...

A photo taken at the tiger reserve in 2019 shows a brown leucistic sloth bear walking in front of a normal-colored yearling. Other photos from 2020 show a leucistic bear carrying two black cubs on ...

A photo taken at the tiger reserve in 2019 shows a brown leucistic sloth bear walking in front of a normal-colored yearling. Other photos from 2020 show a leucistic bear carrying two black cubs on ...