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

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.

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

In Yellowstone National Park a few years ago, I listened while a man confidently explained to his wife why a brown-phase ...

Trail camera footage captured by Sonoma County Regional Parks revealed two black bear cubs walking through for the first time ever.

They are the only bear species in the state, and, despite the name, their fur ranges in color from blond to black. It’s been a century since the grizzly bear was hunted to extinction in ...

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 ...

We also fight to ensure that growing populations of grizzly bears retain the lifesaving protection of the Endangered Species Act. So far attempts to ... ruled in our favor in scrapping the massive ...

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 ...