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Kids easier to train when it comes to bears

Bears pay price of human carelessness

Are bear resistant cans working?

When grizzly bears in Montana can’t break into bear-resistant trash cans, yet black bears in Durango can, it raises the question – what’s going on here? Bryan Peterson, executive ...

Hungry bears emerge from hibernation in La Plata County

Remember to keep food and trash out of reach

Tracking black bears

Researchers are learning how towns change bear behavior, populations

Studying the human side of the bear management

When there isn’t enough food in the wild, Colorado residents can expect bears to come to town looking for food. But this can lead to conflicts with humans and bears being euthani...

Study examining human-bear interactions in Durango enters final year

Bears may be in hibernation, but local wildlife officials are conducting a years-long study hoping to learn more about Durango residents’ interactions with the lumbering beasts. L...

Follow the leader

Drop off your pumpkins Monday in Durango

If there’s a post-Halloween jack-o’-lantern still leering on your front porch, bears and other wildlife are more than happy to steal it. Rather than leave those squashy orange go...

Last days in low country

Just looking for some shade, officer

Riverview Elementary campus visited by bear

School locked out while animal tranquilized, moved

Ursine near rec center surprises trail users

A massive bear stranded in a tree garnered a fair amount of attention Sunday afternoon on the Animas River Trail, but the situation was another example of the potential danger of human-bear ...