Your response to a potential bear attack will vary depending on the species. If you ever forget what you should do, remember this bear safety rhyme.

The filmmakers behind The Americas worked with scientists who had been tracking a female bear and knew where she was ...

Louisiana is expanding black bear hunting just one year after its first season in decades, more than doubling the number of ...

The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR) announced today that its annual Big Game Bulletin, which includes harvest numbers for white-tailed deer, wild turkey, black bear and wild boar, ...

Grizzly bears and black bears occupy much of the same territory in North America, and the two species are known to be fierce competitors. As the one of the continent’s top predators, grizzlies ...

The species became listed and protected under ... In recent years the population has grown significantly in some areas, and black bears were removed from state protection lists in 2012.

Louisiana reinstated the controversial black bear season in 2024, allowing 11 residents to hunt the previously endangered species for the first time in 35 years. Ten bears were killed, including ...