What every one should know about black bears before visiting Gatlinburg and the Great Smoky Mountains in East Tennessee.

In early May 2025, 89-year-old Robert Markel and his dog were killed by a black bear in Florida. This incident marked the ...

A Gatlinburg tourist found herself just inches away from two black bears while riding Rail Runner Smoky Mountain at Anakeesta ...

She doesn't have any cubs. Around six months ago, a female black bear was relocated from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The bear was reported to be eating food off picnic tables ...

As the weather gets warmer, more American black bears will be coming out to play. Though a surprise bear sighting in Great Smoky Mountains National Park – or even in your backyard – might be ...

(WATE) — A black bear that snuck into an Anakeesta concession ... Anakeesta added that the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which surrounds Anakeesta on three sides, is home to many woodland ...

The four-state mountain region that includes Great Smoky Mountains National Park is home to an estimated 14,500 black bears, but one particular animal had caught the attention of a watchful police ...

Bear 609, a black bear in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, had to be relocated for exhibiting "food-conditioning behavior," or what happens when bears get accustomed to eating food and garbage ...

(2) There are somewhere in the neighborhood of 1600 black bears in the Great Smoky Mountains. Though bear attacks are rare, there have been five known bear attacks in park history with one fatality.

The family was at Elkmont Campground in the Smoky Mountains when a 350-pound black bear tore into the tent, which contained the family of five and their dog. Getty Images A bear was euthanized ...

A 350-pound black bear was euthanized after attacking a family of campers at Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee early Sunday morning, officials said. The family of five, including ...

A 350-pound bear ripped into a sleeping family’s tent inside Great Smoky Mountains National Park before ... with their dog, when a black bear ripped into the tent at approximately 5:20 a.m ...