Bear

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court will hear arguments in a lawsuit that pits a hunting reform group against the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife about the agency's role in defeating proposed changes to the state's bear hunt.

Bears on a trampoline? Yes! This is real, and fun. Well, fun for all except the family dog.

Former Miss Kansas and hunting television star Theresa Vail has been sentenced in an Alaska court for violating state game laws during a recent grizzly bear hunt in Alaska.

A Boy Scout leader who was pulled into a cave by a bear in northern New Jersey beat off the animal with a rock hammer while the three young Scouts with him called for help.

Wildlife officials say the annual hunt is an important part of their bear management plan and helps control the bruin population while reducing the potential for conflicts with people.

A shortage in acorns and other foods that black bears eat could send the animals into hibernation early and potentially hurt the upcoming firearm hunting season, West Virginia wildlife officials said.

Northwest New Jersey has the highest concentration of black bears within their range and state officials are doing something about it.

In bizarre bear news, a man who told his girlfriend bears were chasing them and to jump off a cliff, has been hit with murder charges. The things people do...

Extreme drought conditions have forced hungry bears to descend from the mountains into small California towns in search of food and water.

Wildlife officials considered the hunt a success, with the tally of 298 bears taken — very close to top range of 320 animals they hoped to harvest on this, the first bear hunt in the state in over 20 years.

With animal lovers protesting the decision to open hunting season on bears, more than 3,500 people purchased bear hunting permits, even though the cap was just 320. Officials scheduled a week for the hunt, but by Sunday the high number of bears killed surprised hunting officials.

Florida wildlife officials closed two regions after the first day of bear hunting after the areas met the limit on the number of bears allowed to be killed during the first statewide hunt in more than 20 years.

Hunters for the first time in more than 20 years will trudge through Florida woods to legally kill black bears.

Students got a first-hand lesson in wildlife biology at a Bozeman, Montana, high school when a black bear wandered through the hallway before the start of classes.

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Park said in a news release that the woman was likely bit in the head during the attack, but that none of her injuries were life-threatening.

There has been a surge of bear deaths along Montana highways as more bears have been making their way down to river valleys in search of food ahead of their winter hibernation.

A hunter camping in central Idaho woke up when a black bear started biting his head, and he couldn't get medical care for three days because he was in such a remote wilderness area.