Interactions between Colorado residents and bears continued to rise in 2025. Alliyah Sims spoke with CPW about how human habits might be to blame. Her murder went unsolved for decades. DNA from paper ...

More black bears live in North Carolina's coastal plain than in its mountains. Coastal North Carolina is home to some of the world's largest black bears due to ample food and protected habitats. A ...

Frosty spring conditions pushed bears into town last year in search of food, which partially explains why the number of bear reports in the region led the state. But officials say conflicts fell below ...

Polar bears are the largest land-based carnivores in the world. Seeing these magnificent mammals up close can be frightening, as one TikToker shows. One TikToker (@literallyunbound) shared a video of ...

Recent dry winters have increased the number of bear encounters in La Plata County and across Colorado. This year saw some of the highest conflict levels in recent history, according to 2025 data ...

The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is urging residents to be safe and follow proper guidance to reduce the likelihood of conflicts with black bears this fall amid a rise ...

We get frustrated when those late-spring frosts decimate our tomato plants that we so enthusiastically planted after we thought spring had finally arrived. But, imagine if that was our only food ...

After years of unsuccessful attempts to allow black bear hunting in the state, a revised bill has cleared a key hurdle with state lawmakers, possibly making hunting the animals one step closer to ...

The first black bear hunt in Florida in a decade will take place in December under a rule adopted Wednesday by state wildlife officials despite strong opposition to the eventual use of dogs and ...

Florida is considering its first bear hunting season in a decade, with a proposed three-week period in December. The FWC plans to issue 187 permits, significantly fewer than the previous hunt a decade ...