A black bear needed help after locking itself inside a Quality Inn & Suites bathroom in downtown Gatlinburg. Watch the rescue ...

Bears just over a year old leave their mothers and often move into new, unknown territory in late spring and early summer to ...

Bradley County officials put Cleveland on high alert Wednesday morning as a bear was seen roaming the city.

There has been an increase in black bear sightings in Northeast Tennessee — but experts say there’s a very good reason why.

Viral video shows Gatlinburg police opening a bathroom door to free a black bear that locked itself inside a Quality Inn & ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — As temperatures warm up, the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency is warning the public to exercise ...

Apparently, the Charmin bears made indoor plumbing look a little too comfortable…A black bear in Tennessee locked itself in ...

To say the town of Gatlinburg, Tennessee is surrounded by bear country is an understatement. As the gateway to the Great ...

Shop owner Shaun Bromley says this is the first time the black bear has come up to the door and may have been tempted by the ...

A security camera outside of a Tennessee bakery captured video of an attempted break-in by a hungry bear in search of ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Beginning July 1, anyone across the state of Tennessee who is caught feeding a bear in a place where it is illegal could face criminal fines from the state. On Tuesday, ...