Black bears can cause property damage – including the loss of chickens, beehives, small livestock and valued fruit trees – which can be both financially and emotionally draining. Electric fencing has ...

Bears are quite skilled at finding food and will search just about anywhere for a good meal. Although they are typically cautious animals, a sticky-sweet beehive full of tasty honey can be so tempting ...

DURANGO, Colo. – Changes might be coming to Durango to help keep residents safe from bears with electric fencing. KOB 4 spoke with Bryan Peterson, executive director of Bear Smart Durango, about ...

What’s a chokeberry shrub in comparison to half an Italian sub? Not very satisfying and harder to find, at least according to the bears of the Pitkin County Solid Waste Center. About 25-30 bears live ...

A mother bear known as 482 walks with spring cubs by the Brooks River in Katmai National Park and Preserve on Sept. 6, 2021. (Photo by L. Law/National Park Service) When bears wake up from hibernation ...

Pitkin County commissioners received a jolt on Tuesday when they learned it could cost up to $1 million to erect electric and mesh fencing at the landfill to prevent trash-addicted bears from feeding ...

This year’s bear season, ranging from spring to late fall, has been “crazy” and “incredible,” said Bryan Peterson, director of Bear Smart Durango. The season isn’t over yet, and so it’s unclear how ...

Durango City Council is poised to approve a permitting process for electric fences and bear “unwelcome” mats within city limits. Councilors voted unanimously to approve two ordinances establishing ...

A bear invasion is targeting a mountain resort town in California. The bear takeover is happening 90 miles outside of Los Angeles in the normally tranquil community of Pine Mountain Club. In just one ...

Abstract: Demand for commercial bee (Apis mellifera) services recently has increased, resulting in greater use of mobile apiaries for crop pollination. When commercial apiaries are moved into areas ...

LUDLOW, Mass. (WWLP) – Spring is officially here which also means bears will be out looking for food and they will climb over anything in their way. Bear spotted in Westfield, expect to see more ...