Want to see black bears or wild elk in the Smokies? We've ranked the top 5 spots in the park where you are almost guaranteed ...

A bear joined the crowd to watch the Fantasy of Lights Parade in Gatlinburg on Friday, which was a surprise to many.

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — Great Smoky Mountains National Park is reminding visitors about how to stay safe and avoid negative interactions with black bears as they prepare for winter. While bear ...

In a trending video, a man pursues a bear as it crosses the street in Gatlinburg, and then he tries to pet it. The bear didn't like that. The post ‘What NOT to Do When You See a Bear’: Man Tries to ...

Ripley's Believe It or Not! became Ripley's Bear-lieve It or Not! on Nov. 21 after a black bear was spotted on a Gatlinburg ...

A black bear became the unintentional star of the Gatlinburg Fantasy of Lights Christmas parade on the evening of Dec. 8 as ...

(WBIR) Officials with the Great Smoky Mountains National Park reopened the Hazel Creek backcountry area on Thursday, more than three weeks after a bear attack. A teenager from Ohio was injured on June ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency is providing safety tips after bear was spotted in ...

While Caleb McCoy was out for a jog in North Carolina's Smoky Mountains, a young black bear began trailing him. Desperate for the bear to leave, McCoy splashed the animal with water as he yelled to ...

Park officials say an autopsy found that a man whose body was discovered being eaten by a bear in Great Smoky Mountains National Park in September died of accidental methamphetamine intoxication, not ...

"Some bystanders scattered as a Black Bear walked down a street in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, Friday night, where a holiday ...