These stories should help us in our future travels to bear countries. With more than 1,900 black bears that roam Great Smoky Mountain National Park, there are bound to be encounters while hiking.

The four-state mountain region that includes Great Smoky Mountains National Park is home to an estimated 14,500 black bears, ...

about a 90-mile drive northwest from Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The boy was driving a Toyota Tacoma south on two-lane Stinking Creek Road when a black bear stepped into the path of the ...