Move defies hunters who want to keep shooting the black bear.
A Russian photographer captures unique moments of bear cubs being taught to fish ahead of long winter.
Wanderlust beast kept returning to main airport in Kamchatka, this week breaking in through a metal security fence.
Shocking remains of nine beheaded brown bears slain and mutilated by poachers have been found by mushroom pickers in the Republic of Buryatia.
Fewer bears in the Siberian region of Tomsk this year are waking from hibernation and hungrily raiding remote villages and towns scavenging for food.
Bears are increasingly coming out of the forest in search of food, say wildlife experts.
Investigation underway into why 'peaceful' bear was shot by police on Sakhalin island, and whether its gallbladder was extracted for black market sale.
First picture of man who fought off a vicious bear with just a small knife.
Body found buried some 200 metres from remote research facility 150 kilometres from Mirny.
Frightened and hungry after poachers killed his mother, wild animal starts new life in Barnaul zoo.