The boy told his parents to film the encounter, then calmly walked downhill with the bear following just a few metres behind him.

What could have been the start to a funny joke became a dangerous reality when a bear recently walked into a police station.

Environment Canada says Jason John Clemett was found guilty in June and was ordered to pay $13,500 for violating the Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act.

A woman is recovering in hospital after suffering a serious though non-life threatening injury when she encountered a bear in the Canmore-area Wednesday evening.

Students and teaching assistants have arrived back in Juneau from a remote mountaineering class that was cut short when one of their professors was mauled by a brown bear.

A video of the man and the beast wrestling and playing together has gone viral with over 13 million views.

A wild bear wandered through a shopping mall in Russia's Far East on Wednesday before being shot and killed by police.

It's not the recommended method for scaring off a bear, but it sure worked like a charm for Swedish hunter Ralph Persson in an incident caught on camera.

Hundreds of residents of a small California town gathered to watch wildlife officers tranquilize a roaming bear – then catch it as it fell out of a tree.

Andre Siegenthaler suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries after being mauled by a brown bear on Tuesday.