From the quiet woods of Zabola to the high ridges of the Făgăraș Mountains, Bryony Cottam traces Romania’s tangled ...

Following a recent fatal bear attack on a 19-year-old hiker Romanian lawmakers held an emergency Parliament meeting Monday in Bucharest, where they approved a new plan to cull 481 bears this year, ...

A census of brown bears using DNA for the first time has revealed that up to 13,000 of the protected species are living in Romania, much more than the 8,000 previously estimated, the government ...

Rampaging bears are out of second chances in Romania after their scary invasion of rural areas led the government to let ...

BUCHAREST (Reuters) -A motorcyclist was mauled to death by a bear on a road in the Carpathian Mountains in Romania on Thursday, emergency service officials said, the latest attack in the country with ...

With more than 7000 individuals populating the Carpathian Mountains and neighboring areas, Romania has the highest density of brown bears in Europe. As they often inhabit human-dominated landscapes, ...

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Scientists and animal rights groups have urged the Romanian government to rethink its plans to allow the hunting of brown bears. In April, the environment ministry said ...

The Romanian parliament on July 15 voted to more than double the quota of annual legal bear kills following a fatal bear attack on a 19-year-old woman in the Bucegi Mountains. The draft law provides a ...

PREDEAL, Romania -- A skier in Romania had a lucky escape when he was chased by a brown bear down the slopes this week with onlookers saying the skier's quick thinking probably saved his life. Video ...

Omar Farang Zin, an Italian tourist, was mauled to death in Romania on July 1 Madison E. Goldberg received her B.S. in Journalism and double minors in publishing and photography from Emerson College ...

A Scottish tourist was clawed by a bear after it climbed into her car window on a Romanian highway Monday — but still managed to snag a shot of the not-so-friendly fur ball before it slashed her arm.