DJ, a 22-year-old black bear and longtime Bear Hollow Zoo resident, was euthanized Friday after a health decline.

A rare sighting of a black bear roaming in southwest Illinois has surprised residents and prompted wildlife officials to ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Dozens of animal rights advocated gathered at Lake Eola Park on Sunday to protest a proposed black bear hunt in Florida. The rally, themed, “We Will Fight This Lethal Travesty ...

Last December, staff at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC) provided a presentation on their management of black bears. The presentation did not mention the need for a bear hunt.

“[Bears] will become established in Eastern Massachusetts if we don’t increase the harvest from our hunting seasons,” black bear state biologist Dave Wattles warned the board on Wednesd ...

A neighbor only a few houses down said his surveillance video shows the black bear and her cub wandering around his driveway only ten minutes before the attack. “They came in front of my house ...

LAKETOWN, Rich County — Bear Lake State Park officials are asking drivers to slow down and pay attention after a black bear was recently struck and killed by a vehicle near a popular beach.

Daria via Unplash A hunter believed he was shooting a black bear when he fired his gun at an animal in northern Idaho, officials said. It turned out to be a federally protected grizzly bear.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) on Friday confirmed a man and his dog were mauled to death by a black bear in Jerome — marking the first fatal black bear attack in ...