A black bear wandered into the shopping mall on Alaska's Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, ate a single peach and defecated on the floor.

Several neighbors along Arrow Point Road in Warren, Connecticut, are pleading with state officials to get some help after they say their homes have been broken into by a black bear multiple times recently.

It was at least the second known sighting in the city within the past eight years, the other occurring just a few streets over.

Fatal maulings in the last three months have jumped fivefold compared to last year, according to government data.

Connecticut State Police said two bear cubs ran from the scene into the woods.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO)– The City of Lead is informing residents that a black bear has been reported on the outskirts of town in the Kirk area. There have also been sightings reported of multiple bears throughout the area in recent weeks.

A bear was caught on camera in an Elkridge neighborhood in Howard County over the weekend, surprising some of its residents.

How do bears handle this brutal heat and humidity? Well, at least one black bear appears to be wicked hungry, as a bear south of Boston has been roaming communities looking for food. Several Avon and Randolph residents have seen the black bear in recent days,

A boat exploded after fueling up on the Fourth of July, injuring 10 people on board and on a nearby deck, Maryland DNRP reports.