Respect their boundaries and use these 15 tips for surviving a bear encounter.

Chopping down trees can trigger a bear encounter.

Another bear encounter occurred on May 14.

That verges on religion, but something meaningful often does happen in bear encounters.

In Scandinavia, there are only four known cases since 1902 of bear encounters which have resulted in death.

One bear encounter per life was one too many.

Between the bear encounters and the jet engine, she was feeling a little rough around the edges, that was all.

Whether you're car camping like these folks or backpacking deep into the woods, you need to take preventative steps to avoid a bear encounter.

It is unclear whether attitudes have remained the same, with some people growing uncomfortable with increasing bear encounters.

After three years of extraordinary declines in bear encounters, the number of incidents has more than doubled this year from last year.