Mississippi could see its first black bear hunting season in nearly 100 years if a new bill passes. Here's what to know.

Grizzly bears are among the largest and most powerful land predators in North America. Once found across much of the western ...

Commenters were furious. Onlooker catches tourists getting dangerously close to mama bear, cub: 'So ignorant' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Drought is causing food shortages in the wild, and black bears — especially the mothers — are feeling the pinch.

The case against Joe Jenkins began quietly with an undercover Idaho Fish and Game officer, a meeting outside a Pocatello hair salon and tips alleging that the former Victor resident ...

Justice accepts joint submission handing a Barrhead-area outfitter $5,000 fine for failing to put up a bear baiting warning sign ...

ORONO, Maine Black Bears (AP) Anthony Valentine scored 16 points as UMBC Retrievers beat Maine 78-62 on Thursday. Valentine added eight rebounds for the Retrievers (15-8, 8-2 America East Conference).

DES MOINES, Iowa (Iowa Capital Dispatch) - As Iowa’s black bear population becomes more permanent, lawmakers seek to end the “open season” on the bears by designating them a fur-bearing animal in the ...

Alligator Alcatraz brings back a Florida tradition. Florida’s Attorney General James Uthmeier probably thought he’d come up with a brilliant idea when he came up with the concept of “Alligator ...

A wild black bear forages near Yellow River State Forest in northeast Iowa. (Department of Natural Resources photo) Buy Photo The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words ...

As Iowa’s black bear population becomes more permanent, lawmakers seek to end the “open season” on the bears by designating them a fur-bearing animal in the state. House File 2099 would add black ...

A House bill would list black bears as a fur bearing animal in Iowa. (Photo by U.S. Fisheries and Wildlife Service) As Iowa’s black bear population becomes more permanent, lawmakers seek to end the ...