E nvironmentalists have criticised Slovakia's plans to cull around a quarter of the country's brown bears following the ...

A 59-year-old man whose body was found in central Slovakia on Sunday appeared to have been mauled, authorities said.

For Fico, Slovaks "cannot live in a country where people are afraid to go into the forest and where humans become food for ...

Slovakia, home to an estimated 1,000 to 3,000 bears, serves as a key refuge for the species in its mountainous regions. Last ...

BRATISLAVA, April 2 (Xinhua) -- The Slovak government on Wednesday declared a state of emergency in several districts and approved the culling of 350 brown bears, citing the danger to humans after a ...

The Slovak government on Wednesday approved the shooting of 350 bears this year after a rising number of attacks by the brown bears, whose population has grown over the past several years, Prime ...

In other parts of the world, programs are being implemented to prevent problematic bears from becoming accustomed to the ...

A 59-year-old man whose body was found in central Slovakia on Sunday appeared to have been mauled, authorities said. Environment minister Tomáš Taraba said bear attacks on humans have been on ...