Of all the things one might do if one were walking through the woods and came upon a bear, one of the more counterintuitive* options would be to yell at it. And yet, here we are, watching a video of a man do just that. What a world!

A bear—just chilling—happened on a man—also just chilling—and the two spooked the hell out of each other. This is just one more example of game acknowledging game, and agreeing that it is best to stay out of it.

If you happen to see a wild bear, police in North Adams, Massachusetts have a sensible—if weirdly specific—recommendation: “Chasing bears through the woods drunk with a dull hatchet is strongly not advised.”

Just 24 hours after setting the Sichuan Giant Panda Research Centre's record for panda sex by fucking his old flame Zhen Zhen for seven minutes and 45 seconds, Lu Lu the panda aka the "Enduring Brother" more than doubled his record sex time while doing it with another bear at the center. Sorry Zhen Zhen.

The body of Kay Grayson—known to locals as the "Bear Lady" who cared for the animals that lived on her 12 miles of land east of Columbia, North Carolina—was found on her property 200 yards from her trailer. Investigators believe she was dragged into the woods by a bear. She was 67.

Bao Bao, the National Zoo's well-known idiot panda, is currently hiding out in a tree after touching a "hot wire" in her habitat yesterday.

The Hills' old resident bad gal Kristin Cavallari married Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler last year. Given this arrangement, she now gets shit on Twitter every time Cutler performs poorly on the field. But Kristin is particularly offended when women—especially mothers—harass her.

A tiny cub, sad because he couldn't find his mother, went looking for chewing gum and prescription narcotics in an Oregon pharmacy on Sunday. But before the one-month-old bear could find any good pills, narcs from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife took him away—in a shopping basket no less, which is the most humiliating way to be removed from a Rite Aid. Now the little guy is headed to rehab :( (or a zoo).

A wild black bear in Northern California made a meal out of a dead man's body last week when, upon discovering the man had died outside his trailer, the bear ate almost all of his body.

A polar bear in Kaktovik, Alaska was caught rummaging in a homeowner's barrel of seal oil on Friday. The large bear was shooed away by a roving polar bear patrol crew. Hold up—what? Tell us more about that polar bear patrol part.

In a scene straight out of Law & Order: Special Bears Unit, an early-morning dog-walker reportedly discovered an itty bitty bear cub with an "unspecified trauma to its body" in Central Park Monday.

Hey, Southern California. How hot are you right now? Breaking a sweat? Throwing up from dehydration? Kvetching even in the A/C? Well, at least you aren't a bear. Think about that one.

In the video above, a black bear wanders a quiet suburban New Jersey neighborhood on his two hind legs, pausing only to peek into a trash can just like a New Jersey person would. "No good trash in there!" the bear probably said to himself before walking off into the woods. Great job, bear. [UPDATE: We now have more video of the walking bear.]

A Russian fisherman says the only thing that prevented a brown bear from killing him was Justin Bieber—specifically, a ringtone of Bieber's first big hit, "Baby."

You're looking at the face of a guilty bear. Cute and innocent though it may appear, last night, the villain shown above burglarized a pool deck in Central Florida, in search of the only things thirsty bears ever really want: beer and/or daiquiri mix.

A bear cub who had his sights set on some delicious cookies got into quite a struggle on Friday when his stupid bear head got stuck in an animal cracker jar. The bear was in New Jersey, where the cookies are good and the bears are hungry.

A hungry young bear fell through a skylight into a kid's birthday party on Wednesday and ate all the cupcakes. This happened in Alaska, obviously.

Thirteen years ago, a lion, tiger, and bear were rescued from the basement of an Atlanta drug dealer's home. Now living in Noah's Ark Animal Sanctuary, the three are now the biggest BFFs in the animal kingdom.

Washington University in St. Louis has announced that a petting zoo bear that bit several students has been determined not to pose a rabies threat. The students won't need treatment, and the bear, who was originally slated to be euthanized and tested, will be spared.

All I needed to know was that Dr. Jane Goodall was available for interviews, and I was there, even if it was only for 10 minutes, even if it was in the Midtown Buca di Beppo.