State wildlife officials say the number of bears in Kentucky has grown and the population can withstand increased hunting.
A college party got a little wild when a black bear showed up. The black bear, weighing between 300 and 400 pounds, crashed the party near the campus of Lehigh University.
Wildlife officials say an adult black bear scratched its way into a tent and bit a man on his forearm at a campground on the eastern end of Ruedi Reservoir near Aspen.
The agency approved a "limited bear harvest," citing nuisance bear calls and an increase in bears killed by cars among the reasons for the need for a hunt.
One of western Montana's most famous grizzly bears now has its own interpretive display for the many visitors who stop by the Forest Service's Lincoln Ranger District office.
Every spring, adolescent male black bears wander into Arkansas cities looking for food. They're the nomads of bear society, kicked out of their dens to make room for the next litters and looking for easy meals.
Police have shot and killed a black bear that wandered into the backyard of a central New Jersey home where a yard sale was being staged.
Hunting black bears in Canada? Here's a first-part list of gear that will come in handy and hopefully help make your adventure a success.
A bear that may be the one that attacked a teenager at Great Smoky Mountains National Park has been euthanized, and DNA samples from the animal have been sent for testing.
Black bear populations have been slowly increasing throughout southern New England in recent decades.
Court documents say Dan Calvert Wallen shot three juvenile bears when they came into his yard in and went for his chicken coop, where they'd killed several birds previously.