An American black bear entertained Oregon Zoo visitors by climbing more than 50 feet up a tree inside the zoo’s bear exhibit ...

A Colorado parks and wildlife agency could bear-ly keep it together after spotting a rotund figure on trail cameras. A “thicc boi” black bear packing on the fluff for hibernation seen near ...

A New Jersey bow hunter just set a state record by killing a 770-pound black bear — a beast he’d been eyeing over the past two bear hunts. Brian Melvin, 39, first spotted the bear three years ...

A very well-traveled black bear appears to still be traversing the Santa Monica Mountains, leading to another rare spotting of the female bear in the San Fernando Valley last week. The bear ...

With several Pennsylvania black bear seasons happening, hunters have shot more than 900 bears already this fall, including five weighing more than 600 pounds. The Pennsylvania Game Commission ...

“People are likely to see bears in the western part of the state now because of a few things,” said Colleen Olfenbuttel, game black bear and furbearer biologist for the N.C. Wildlife Commission.

For David Price, killing a record-setting black bear was supposed to be the event of a lifetime; instead, it has been a time of anger and bewilderment. Many online forums have questioned the kill, ...

Bevan-Dangel said humans could live side-by-side more harmoniously with the American black bear by following a few simple guidelines, like avoiding encounters and trying not to lure the animals.

A bear checking station sign outside the Mt. Nebo Wildlife Management Area in Garrett County on Monday shows black bear hunters where to bring their bears for biological screenings after the hunt.

Well before dawn on Oct. 15, Brian Melvin was 15-feet high in a climbing tree stand holding his 72-pound bow and waiting for a huge black bear that he knew was in the area. “At first light I watched ...