There is no shortage of signs that indicate you've arrived in bear country. For a start, there are likely to be actual signs in the area, usually showing a bear in silhouetted side profile. There may ...

When hiking in bear country, your nose might alert you to dangers before your eyes do. If you catch the scent of something resembling a smelly, wet dog, it could mean a bear has been in the area ...

“Please scare the bears,” reads the lead sentence in a story from today’s Wall Street Journal. “That is the message state wildlife officials are sending residents of Colorado communities besieged by ...