Recent encounters between aggressive bears and humans in Great Smoky Mountains National Park prompted trail closures and ...

Ramsey Prong Road and Ramsey Cascades Trail are closed as rangers monitor bear activity. Earlier this month, rangers also ...

Following recent aggressive bear encounters with humans, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park closed two of its trails.

Park biologists report that over the last decade the Smokies have averaged roughly 339 negative human-bear encounters each ...

A black bear sighting in Great Smoky Mountains National Park can be exciting, but only if it’s from far enough away. Several bears in a concentrated area within the park could prompt temporary ...

Parts of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park are closed after visitors encountered aggressive bears over the weekend.

RAY BROOK – The state Department of Environmental Conservation is warning hikers to be on the alert for aggressive bears on a section of the Northville-Placid Trail in Hamilton County after a solo ...

Rangers said in one incident, a bear bit a visitor who entered a closed area.

Several human-bear encounters in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park this month have triggered trail closures and ...