If you're a bear in Wisconsin that isn't enjoying life, what do you do? You do the only sensible thing and that's head south into Illinois to see if there's more entertainment there. A new video shows this just might be the case for one big apex predator.
It's that time of the year in the Northland when bears are emerging from hibernation and they're looking for food wherever they can find it, even in your yard.
Duluth Police never know what the next call will be. On Tuesday, they received word that a mama bear was having a hard time crossing Grand Avenue with her cubs. They were up to the challenge
With the Northland honoring stay-at-home orders, people are finding their garbage cans filling up faster as we eat more at home. The Minnesota DNR offers tips to help avoid bear conflicts.
While Duluth is situated in the rugged northwoods of Northern Minnesota, seeing a larger wild animal other than a deer in town is still an attention-getting spectacle for most.
The Minnesota DNR is requesting that hunters and other recreationists spending time outdoors this fall to report the locations of occupied bear dens they encounter in and around the Chippewa National Forest, north of Grand Rapids. Bear researchers with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources are starting a new bear study in the summer of 2016 and hope to fit a number of bears with GPS tracki
It's that time of the year when bears are out of hibernation and there isn't a lot of food for them yet out in the woods. Until they get the food they want in their natural habitat, they will wander and could very well end up in a tree at Duluth's City Hall or in your yard.
A black bear was discovered Wednesday morning, napping high up in a tree in front of the Duluth City Hall near the intersection of 4th Avenue West and 1st Street.