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Although the Chicago Bears finished with the worst record in the NFL last season, optimism remains high within the organization. The team lost eight of their games by ten points or less, so they were in plenty of games throughout the season. However, Chicago could not find that extra oomph to win games in crunch time.

This little guy was photographed by yours truly yesterday afternoon munching on some greens on the side of a North Georgia highway (location unidentified to protect the bear). With warmer temperatures these little guys and gals, mommas with their babies and male bears are more active than ever so it is always important to keep a watch on the roads while driving, the road banks and surrounding areas with high bear activity especially mountain roads.

This little guy/gal was sure enjoying their snack!

GREENE COUNTY, Tenn. - A wave of increased bear activity has led to the temporary closure of several campgrounds within the Cherokee National Forest, including the latest, Paint Creek Campground in Greene County, as announced by the U.S. Forest Service on Friday.

(Colorado Springs, CO) The human population in Colorado is rapidly growing, especially along the Front Range. Rural areas that were bear habitats are now developed areas, and human-bear conflict is on the rise.

I asked AI to write a rap about bears in La Cañada Flintridge

Black bears, a fierce creature but yet gentle until provoked! So how do we keep these beautiful creatures and our family safe without harming you or the bear while camping? Here are a few ways!

With spring in full swing and summer right around the corner, black bears in Florida are becoming more active. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is sharing its BearWise tips to help residents and visitors prevent problems between themselves and Florida's native bears.

In early 2023, a camera in Colorado caught a black bear posing for hundreds of photos. The camera trap took 580 images in total, and 400 of them were of the curious bear. This curiosity is part of what makes bears more intelligent than most people realize.

The principal of Zela Elementary School in West Virginia received an unexpected adrenaline rush on Monday, 1 May 2023 when he was behind the school at the dumpster. He unhooks a strip that keeps the flip-up lids secured, and a black bear pops out. The scared principal runs for his life while the bear runs to the woods.

Midjourney, the artificial intelligence platform that won an art contest at the Colorado State Fair, has again delighted and befuddled audiences across the internet. How? By generating images of bears cast as humans’ hiking buddies. Varyingly personified, the bear likenesses appear mainly in selfie format and sometimes, clothed and equipped like human hikers.

I’ve lived in North Carolina for three years. I spent the first six months on the beach, deep in grief from the loss of my father. When I emerged, I wanted to see what the mountains in the western part of the state had to offer.

ALASKA - At least 98% of the U.S. brown bear population and 70% of its North American equivalent reside in Alaska (with some bears also inhabiting Canada and British Columbia along the coastlines). The Alaskan Department of Fish and Game estimates that around 30,000 brown bears are living in Alaska, and around 1,450 a year, are harvested by hunters.

Are humans responsible for repopulating species that have been eradicated by human interaction in the past decades or centuries? Is that a problem that we could solve or is it a mistake of the past that will be left in the past, buried, and never brought up again? Salute to the lost species, it was awesome to have you around, but your time here is over, see you never, I guess?

Two Andean bear cubs have finally ventured out of their private den at the San Diego Zoo, ready to meet the world. The San Diego Zoo's population of Andean bears has more than doubled in the past few years. Alba gave birth to her first cub in 2020, the zoo's first in thirty years. Only a couple years later, her family was ready to grow even more. The zoo was excited to welcome its newest twin members in December of 2022.

An arrest warrant was issued for Jalen Carter, who was projected as a top five draft pick in the upcoming NFL draft. Carter is being charged with reckless driving and racing. The charges come in conjunction with a fatal crash that killed two people in a second vehicle, Georgia offensive lineman, Devin Willock and a recruiting staff member. The fatal crash occurred on January 15, just hours after Geogia had won the National Championship.

National sports talk shows are increasingly beating the drums for the Bears to trade Justin Fields and draft a new QB with the first overall pick in the upcoming NFL draft. And it's obvious these guys are really stretching for something to talk about. Fields has the potential to be the best QB in Bears' history. Talk among NFL "experts" varies as to which college QB will have the best career, though Bryce Young seems to be the consensus pick by a slight margin. Consider some of the reasons given for the Bears to trade Fields and go with a new QB.

In 1985, a black bear living in the mountains of Georgia, USA, gained notoriety when it ingested large quantities of cocaine that had been accidentally dropped from an airplane. The bear's story has since become something of a legend, and it has been featured in books, documentaries, and even a movie. But what is the true story behind the infamous "cocaine bear"?

In this nuclear winter of Chicago sports, most of the sports excitement around Chicago sports has centered around the Chicago Bears. Why is that the case? Because the Bears were so inept that blundered into the first overall pick of the NFL draft. To a large extent, that was by design. Bears new GM, Ryan Poles, has shown a real aptitude for tearing a team down. Of course, it should be mentioned that he wasn't exactly tearing down the Taj Mahal, more like a leaning barn.

When Indianapolis Colts owner, Jim Irsay introduced the team's new head coach, Shane Steichen, he also touched on the team's draft strategy. While he made reference to dropping back in the draft, he made the following statement: