More acorns means more ticks, a Connecticut research team has discovered, but that's not a relationship that can be exploited ...

Connecticut. Her wildlife visitors didn't really surprise her. In recent years, bears have been pretty common in Simsbury, a suburban community of 24,500, located about 12 miles (19 kilometers ...

Many people across the United States, especially in forested areas, are encountering more black bears more often. Here's why.

Video footage captured by Sarah Loving in West Simsbury shows the black bear enjoying her backyard by climbing up a slide and ...

A bear enjoyed a little playtime on a backyard slide recently. Video footage from West Simsbury, Connecticut, shows the bear climbing up a short ladder and then going down the slide to the delight ...