Polar bears are showing up near Arctic communities more often, and headlines suggesting they are “hunting humans” have spread ...
Aromatic attractants like meat caches, campsites, cooking areas, and sled-dog yards also lure them with the reward of food.
Polar bear encounters with humans are a regular concern for scientists and communities near polar bear habitats, but new research is showing the bears' reasons for coming in contact with humans might ...
Other stories of recent bear encounters in Japan come to a more harrowing end. In October, local police in Iwate Prefecture, a region in northeastern Japan, reported that a man was out foraging ...