Myth: Bears are always afraid of fire. Tell that to the Arizona black bear that pulled leftovers out of a campfire abandoned by two hikers who watched nervously from afar as the bruin sifted through ...

Legend holds that the length of a woolly bear caterpillar's color bands can be used to forecast how severe the winter weather will be. The myth... The Myth of the Woolly Bear JOHN DANKOSKY, HOST: And ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Lewis and Clark were among the first to report seeing the "great white bear" about 200 years ago.