Wildlife officials are urging visitors to stay alert after a string of recent bear encounters in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, including incidents involving bears chasing people and taking ...

Bears are active this time of year as they look for food and visitors should use “extreme caution.” Visitors were chased or ...

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

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