1st bear attack in Yellowstone since 2021 injures solo hiker
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A bear in Yellowstone National Park inflicted serious—but non-life-threatening—injuries to a 29-year-old hiker on the afternoon of Tuesday6. This marks the first bear attack at Yellowstone since 2019.
Scientists with the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team have resumed grizzly bear capture and monitoring operations in Yellowstone National Park as part of long-term efforts to track the species’ recovery in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
Arkansas wildlife officials confirmed Monday that the 72-year-old man who was attacked by a black bear on Sept. 3 has died.