After animal-rights groups bought up dozens of tags to keep them from hunters, the state announced a conservative — and ...

Meet Oscar! He’s a Louisiana black bear living at the Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo in Monroe.

As the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission continues to analyze the state’s first permitted bear hunt in a decade, the agency has started to release more data.

Video: Check out other top stories from across Tampa Bay TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Florida held its first black bear hunt in over a decade last December, and the results are in. The Florida Fish and ...

Bears have evolved to enter a lighter state of dormancy than typical hibernation so they can quickly wake up to respond to threats.

Many of us learn a lot about bears when we’re in school, but still, there are hikers out there who forget everything they’ve learned as soon as they see a bear in the wild. Case in point, the hikers ...

Several times a year, Iowans report sightings of black bears in the state. Those animals would gain new protections under a ...