From its pre-Columbian peak, the Florida black bear population fell precipitously. Between unregulated hunting and habitat ...

The National Park Service warned that feeding bears can cause serious consequences including the "euthanasia of the animal." ...

Social media posts credited an Ivan Stepanov with rescuing a drowning bear in Lake Tahoe. In reality, Adam Warwick rescued a drowning bear in Florida.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park staff have seen an uptick in visitors feeding bears, with three incidents in the past week, the park said Aug. 13.

Please, please, please - stop feeding the bears at Tennessee’s Great Smoky Mountains National Park. What may seem to be a ...

American black bears are the smallest and most common bear in North America. They are highly adaptable, with a diet that ...

This is a fun new website featuring 80+ years of artifacts & memorabilia related to Smokey Bear, the famous spokesbear for ...

Florida's Wildlife Commission approved a black bear hunting season for December, facing immediate legal challenges from environmental advocates.

The Florida black bear has come back from numbering just a few hundred decades ago to more than 4,000 bears today. It’s a conservation success story by any measure. We divide the population into seven ...

Black Bear Hydro Partners filed a new application for water quality certification last month for its hydroelectric dams, ...

American black bears, Ursus americanus, are native to Summit County and were here long before humans arrived. We’ve built our homes and infrastructure in black-bear habitat.  This final piece in our ...