The Gig Harbor Police Department has a warning for anyone who regularly uses the Cushman Trail. They say there have been ...

A black bear attacked a woman in Washington state Saturday near a downtown park as she was letting her dog out of her home, officials said. The adult female bear charged at the woman early ...

A Washington state woman left her home to let her dog out early Saturday morning and ended up fending off an attack from a black bear. The woman, who sustained non-life threatening injuries ...

A Washington state woman was injured after a bear knocked her to the ground outside her home Saturday morning, a wildlife official said. The adult female black bear attacked the resident ...

Wildlife officials in Washington state killed a female black bear over the weekend after the animal attacked a woman who was walking her dog. The unprovoked attack happened around 7 a.m. Saturday ...

Recent video footage out of Washington State shows a rare quadruped walking across a clearing in the woods: a piebald black bear. The short clip was shared to TikTok (and then re-shared on Facebook) ...

A Washington state woman survived a grisly attack by punching a black bear that charged at her square in the nose. An adult female black bear attacked a woman from behind when she let her dog ...

Since 1970 there have been 20 non-deadly “human-back bear encounters” in the State of Washington, WDFW records show. The state’s last black bear attack occurred in 2022. Washington’s only ...

A black bear, apparently the same one seen last month in Prince George’s County in suburban Maryland, showed up Monday in the ...

They also found the bear’s two cubs, which they captured and transported to a wildlife rehabilitation facility. Washington state is home to around 20,000 black bears, according to the Washington ...

They do not often attack humans, and while fatal bear attacks ... of grizzly and black bears found there. Additionally, the remote and rugged nature of much of the state makes it a perfect habitat ...

Frederick Florin / AFP via Getty Images A Washington state woman left her home to let her dog out early Saturday morning and ended up fending off an attack from a black bear. The woman ...