March not only signals spring weather, but also the time when bears emerge from their dens. In New York, bears generally emerge from their sleep in late March and early April. But bears have been ...

But no creature is more tied to the image of a long, cozy winter than hibernating bears all snuggled up in their dens. This ...

Sightings of grizzlies and other bears have been unusually persistent throughout Montana this winter, possibly due to record-breaking warmth and mostly snow-free conditions.

For decades, classroom posters have shown cartoon bears snoozing all winter, held up as the classic example of hibernation.

Visitors spotted a grizzly bear that was awake earlier than usual in Yellowstone.

EDMONTON, AB - During the winter, bears go into hibernation. It's when bears tend to slow down. Black bears, brown bears, grizzly bears go into a deep sleep. They do so to escape the cold and because ...