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

The season started Dec. 6, making its return in Florida for the first time in a decade. Last December, FWC staff presented an update on black bears in the state to commissioners. In March 2025, a ...

Residents in Hunters, located in southwest Stevens County, discovered an unexpected visitor: a large male black bear taking ...

The dog-show dogs are adorable, splendid, perfect … and often kind of hard to tell apart? We asked a judge to talk us through ...

Thanks to decades of conservation efforts, black bear populations are rebounding across the United States. Senior contributor ...

Thanks to decades of conservation efforts, black bear populations are rebounding across the U.S. In Arkansas, hunters talk about their annual black bear hunt — a practice they acknowledge is ...

In the last three years, according to data from the Nevada Division of Wildlife, 95% (42 of 44) of bears killed by hunters in ...

Nevada’s black bear hunt amounts to an unsportsmanlike escapade, say wildlife advocates, who contend the state-sanctioned practice of hounding reduces the sport to shooting fish in a barrel. With a ...

A Florida man’s morning work commute was delayed after he was greeted by a black bear strolling across his front yard.

Before he had made two jumps George slammed another 180-grain bullet into his chest, and again he stopped but didn’t go down. He was in shock now, however, and stood with blood gushing out of him ...

Florida held its first black bear hunt in nearly a decade, with 52 bears killed out of 172 permits issued. The hunt created a deep divide between hunters and animal rights activists, who debated the ...