Bear

An Idaho company is facing more than $15,000 in fines after one of its employees was killed in a bear mauling last year while he was conducting research alone and without bear spray or other personal defense tools in a wilderness area known to have grizzly bears.

Keeping animals and motorists safe is the aim of two wildlife underpasses that were incorporated into a $10.6 million reconstruction of Highway 200. The high-traffic highway runs through the heart of a bustling wildlife corridor, prompting the extra spending so wildlife can cross under rather than across the highway.

What to do when chased by a bear? Well, bear spray could come in handy or you could simply just resist the stupid human gene and not get too close to mama bear and her cubs. That's the best answer.

Authorities estimate the bear weighed between 400-500 pounds. The bear continued walking after being struck and was hit by another vehicle on the other side.

No GPS? No Compass? No Problem! Here are three easy ways to orientate yourself in the woods without the aid of a navigation device.

One person was seriously injured and a large 560-pound black bear was killed after a car in north Florida struck the animal and then collided with another vehicle.

Connecticut officials say they plan to euthanize a bear that chased two runners in separate incidents at a game refuge in Granby.

Some predator hunts are just now heating up with the spring green up.

A Natchez couple says a juvenile black bear has been hanging out in their yard and snacking at their bird feeders.

Visitors can walk through a man-made cypress swamp, go bowling or shoot arrows at the archery range. A 105-room hotel designed like a hunting lodge has balconies overlooking the indoor swamp. There are also live ducks, alligators and fish.

The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department says the state has 5,700 black bears roaming its wilderness. But officials want to trim that number to 4,700.

Bows and arrows are the easy items to take note of, but it’s often the miscellaneous gear that makes the difference for archery customers and hunters alike – the difference between success and failure. Here’s a promising new-accessory round-up of some 2015 must-haves hunting gear.

The Department of Natural Resources' Division of Wildlife says there were 135 reported sightings believed to involve an estimated 88 bears. State personnel confirmed 60 sightings.

Spring is one of the leanest times of year for critters, and one of the busiest for predator hunters.

Sportsman’s groups have been battling anti-hunters like, Mainers For Fair Bear Hunting (MFFBH), over the ethics of bear hunting.

Jim Chapman reviews new big-bore airguns for predator hunting and more.

A Colorado lawmaker who has called for the state to add a summer month to the hunting season for black bears will instead try to persuade officials to study bear overpopulation and how to reduce conflicts with humans.