Most people who won permits to participate in the first Florida black bear hunt since 2015 came away empty-handed. Jeff ...

A bear that was finally evicted from underneath a California house after several months may have found a new home underneath ...

Wildlife officials in Tennessee are investigating after a Gatlinburg candy store was broken into and ransacked by a bear for ...

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 ...

The four-term governor and committed church-goer politicked with evangelical fervor. But Jim Hunt still struggled to sway the Religious Right.

We saw a phenomenal number of unusually large bears harvested across the Upper Peninsula,” said Cody Norton, the DNR’s bear, ...

Bear hunters recorded another robust season in Michigan in 2025, harvesting nearly 2,000 animals and bringing home a ...

The Florida hunt exposed deep emotional divisions among animal rights activists and hunters. In social media forums and in ...

Two arborists’ uncommon hobby takes them deep into the North Carolina woods to look for the state’s leafy giants.

Fifty-two bears were killed during Florida's first black bear hunt in a decade, state wildlife officials said Tuesday. The bear hunt, which started Dec. 6 and ended on Sunday, had been restricted to ...