Bear

Northern New England's bear hunters might have a more difficult time bagging a bruin this year due to an abundance of natural food.

A Great Smoky Mountains National Park spokesman says a lack of wild food in the park this year has caused hungry bears to become increasingly brazen in their attempts to take people's food.

Florida wildlife officials have approved the killing of 320 black bears next month during the state's first bear hunting season in more than 20 years.

Yep, here's what a grizzly smack down looks like.

An archery hunter pursuing elk is recovering after being attacked in Idaho by a grizzly bear with three cubs.

The New Mexico Game Commission is expected to vote on a proposal that would ease limits on hunting and trapping bears and cougars around the state.

Wildlife officials say a Fort Collins man shot and killed a young black bear that got into a fight with his dog in his backyard.

Did you know bears love swimming pools? Check out this fun-loving black bear family cool off in a suburban pool.

Vincent and Donna Doser had spotted bison, elk and other animals as they motorcycled through Yellowstone National Park, but no bears. As they exited the park's Northeast Entrance on August 10, that was about to change very quickly and with a thud.

A retired Pittsburgh schoolteacher could do nothing but laugh after a black bear broke into her car in Montana, destroyed the interior while trying to escape, and finally busted out through the windshield.

A woman who shot a grizzly bear that ultimately died after she believed it posed a threat to her North Idaho family is worried she may be in trouble for killing a federally protected species.

Authorities want to talk to a man who donned a fairly realistic bear costume, head and all, and wore it when harassing a mother bear and two cubs trying to feed on pink salmon.

Maine officials say the money generated from the sale of hunting and fishing licenses, ATV registrations and the moose hunt lottery has increased by more than $700,000 over last year.

New Mexico officials want to increase the number of Sandias bears that can be killed by hunters, but the plan is drawing fire from critics.

Seattle-based Alaska Airlines is not joining an expanding list of carriers who ban or limit transportation of hunting trophies.

Rocker Ted Nugent is among some 1,200 people who've purchased permits so far for Florida's first bear hunting season in 20 years.

Two employees of an Alaska backcountry lodge startled an adult grizzly bear while running on a trail in Alaska's Kenai Peninsula. The bear stepped out of thick brush and mauled one woman while the other ran for help.