A University of Tennessee study tracked bears relocated from Great Smoky Mountains National Park to Cherokee National Forest.

Gatlinburg ramps up efforts to reduce human-bear encounters with continued education and infrastructure investments as spring brings bears out of hibernation.

The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency is investigating after a bear ransacked a candy store in the town of Gatlinburg.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In Gatlinburg, peak bear season and peak tourist season coincide. In the summer it's not uncommon to see a black bear roaming the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You've seen the viral videos too many times: Bears breaking into cars for a snack, lounging on an Airbnb porch or crashing a party ...

Gatlinburg — The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency says officers trapped and put down three bears near the Park Vista Hotel in Gatlinburg. They were the first bears the TWRA had to euthanize this ...

These three orphaned baby bears are safely back in the wild. The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency picked up the cubs on May 18 after their mom was hit and killed by a vehicle on highway U.S. 16E in ...

This guest didn't RSVP to the party. A black bear wandered into an outdoor bachelorette party in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Video of the party crasher was posted to TikTok by Brooke Willman on July 24.

A family on vacation in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, could only watch in disbelief as a mother bear climbed into the bed of their truck and made off with a bag of groceries. Footage from Kari Schmidt shows ...