Meet the sloth bear, India’s native bear species, famous for its shaggy coat, long snout and surprising obsession with honey ...

New Delhi — A sloth bear mauled a couple to death in a forest in central India's Madhya Pradesh state last weekend and then spent hours playing with their remains, but a forestry official told CBS ...

This 2.2-metre Himalayan brown bear is rarely seen but critically important. On World Bear Day, experts highlight threats, ...

A sloth bear that had been smuggled and forced to dance on the streets of India has been rescued. The animal was seized from alleged smugglers in West Bengal, India, who had been using the bear for ...

A bear killed three people in India and severely injured two others before it was beaten to death by angry locals. The attack occurred in Samarsingh village, in the Nuapada district in Odisha on July ...

INDIAN-CONTROLLED KASHMIR — Since the year 2000, the wildlife department in the Indian-administered part of the Kashmir region has recorded more than 2,300 bear attacks on humans, some of them deadly.

A series of violent encounters between Asiatic black bears in the Himalayan state of India has prompted officials to impose emergency rules, including authorising lethal force in extreme circumstances ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A sloth bear is seen in a file photo taken at Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve, in Maharashtra, India. / Credit: Rakesh Reddy ...