After laying into conservatives — on Fox News, this time — for the fourth night in a row, Jon Stewart had finally had enough. "I can't even stand to talk about this anymore," he said. So he changed ...

Smokey the bear being given a fire helmet by Washington Fire Departments’ deputy fire chief, M.H. Sutton in 1950 Bettmann/CORBIS The first Smokey Bear poster shows a brown-coated bear wearing jeans.

Smokey Bear will turn 70 Saturday. As the friendly, huggable bear with the brimmed hat and shovel enters his golden years, he's burning up Twitter. But his message of fire prevention through personal ...

Smokey Bear, the Forest Service mascot famous for his catchphrase "Only you can prevent wildfires," turned 75 years old Friday. The character was first unveiled on August 9, 1944, by the U.S. Forest ...

New Mexico’s official state animal is the American black bear, but the choice reflected more than the presence of a large ...

For more than four decades, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Region 5 headquarters in Ray Brook has hosted a holiday party for children. It’s the rare event where kids get ...