Bears, particularly brown and black bears, are known to scratch their backs against trees, poles, or other rough surfaces as a way to alleviate itching or to mark their territory. And witnessing this ...

A trail camera captured a “groovy” brown bear returning to the same tree to scratch and spread its scent, footage released by Alaska’s Glacier Bay National Park shows. This video shows one brown bear ...

A mother bear and her three cubs were caught on camera being cute. Video by Colin A Chase shows mother and young approaching his trail camera in Maine, each of them stopping to scratch their backs ...

Photos showing an enormous grizzly bear dwarfing a storage shed while scratching its back on the structure have raised questions. Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks used the images in a quiz that asked ...

A fat bear in the Washington Cascades needed one last good back scratch before taking a long winter's nap. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife posted surveillance video on Facebook of the ...

It’s summer in Lake Tahoe, which means the following are in season: bikes, boats, and bears. Many of Lake Tahoe’s bears have become nearly domesticated due to the large influx of tourism and residents ...