Entries Tagged black bears

Bear-human conflicts are so far up that Wildlife and Parks officials are scratching their heads trying to decide what to do. Any suggestions?

A Florida woman recorded a recent face-to-face meeting with a black bear in her driveway. The bear was calmly within feet of the woman before leaving.

Pedals captured America's fascination two months ago, but some didn't see the bipedal bear the same way and now want it captured and put in a sanctuary.

A wild black bear recently spotted in Indiana is only the second sighted in The Hoosier State since the 1870s.

A Minnesota man walked onto his back porch to find quite a discovery — a black bear lying in his kids’ pool.

A curious kayaker recently found himself paddling within a few feet of a giant black bear at Hemlock Lake in New York. A YouTube video posted by Matthew Garrity (below) on July 18 shows the bear swimming just beyond the nose of his kayak in the direction of the wooded shoreline on the other side of the lake. According to an article published by WHAM-TV, Garrity approached the large moving mass in the water out of his own inquisitive nature and quickly realized he was within 15 feet of a massive black bear. After filming the encounter for a few seconds, Garrity realized he should leave the animal alone and let him continue on his way. Garrity has gained attention on social media after originally posting the 13-second video on his Facebook page and receiving more than 300,000 views.

A Canadian man was forced to fight a black bear for self-defense and landed an uppercut that caused the mother bear and her cub to scamper off.

It's the time of year Alabama tends to see an increase in black bear sightings, but this summer has turned up more than 20 occurrences.

The upright walking black bear has become a social media darling and was recently caught on camera walking through a New Jersey neighborhood.

Spring is the perfect time to hunt black bears. Here are the top 10 things to remember before going after a top-end black bear.

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.

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.

A homeless man fashioned a long knife to a groomed tree branch and speared a hungry black bear cub that was sniffing for food at an illegal camp site in Anchorage.