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From Hello Kitty to Pikachu, the country changed what the world considers adorable. But do these characters represent joy — ...

Fairs are more than a mish mash of rides and stalls plonked on any old spot that keeps them out of the way, writes Dani Garavelli, they are ...

As they approached their driveway at approximately 10 p.m. Paul and Debbie were greeted by a large black bear hugging a tree on their front lawn. With the headlights from their car serving more ...

Neighbors in Mercer County, New Jersey, have been told to be on the lookout after a black bear was spotted running past homes and into yards. Nicholas Hoffman pulled out his cellphone and started ...

LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev. – California’s Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) was operating on a black bear conservation and management plan from 1998—up until last Monday, when they ...

A Connecticut father was arrested for fatally shooting a black bear outside his home — even though he claimed it was self-defense after the terrifying animal came “within feet” of his kids.

He was only a few yards away, and I was standing in plain sight on the trail ... Then I heard a muffled sound of movement, and the bear poked a coal-black head — at least it looked coal-black — into ...

A patrolman shot and killed a Formosan black bear in self defense last night, after it turned on the man who saw it attacking a dog in Hualien County’s Jhuosi Township (卓溪). The patrolman immediately ...

Nicholas Hoffman of Hamilton Township says he was on his driveway early Monday morning when he spotted the bear. "I kind of looked left. We have a few bigger black dogs in our neighborhood ...

Photo of seven bear cubs prior to their release in the wild. (Copyright 2025 by The Wildlife Center of Virginia - All rights reserved.) WAYNESBORO, Va. – The ...