Learn why Alabama chose the black bear as state mammal and how conservation is guiding this shy forest neighbor’s return.

Despite the fact that there are no grizzly bears in California, the grizzly bear remains an iconic symbol in the state.

A Beaver County hunter bagged a massive, record-setting black bear while hunting over the weekend. Nate Miller told Pittsburgh Action News he was in his hunting spot in Moraine State Park in Butler ...

An 11-year-old boy ran into a Pennsylvania Family Dollar with a black bear right behind him. The bear charged through the front doors, sending the boy and the cashier scrambling for cover. The moment ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan deployed troops Wednesday to help contain a surge of bear attacks that have terrorized residents in a mountainous region in the northern prefecture of Akita. Russia opens rebuilt ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission receives more than 6,000 calls about black bears each year. Florida's black bear population has grown from under 500 in the 1970s to about 4,000 ...

The Washington Commanders were clearly not as good as many thought they were on Monday night, losing to a very average Chicago Bears team 25-24 at Northwest Stadium in Landover, MD. Here are some of ...

Black bears are making a comeback in Texas — a state where the powerful omnivores were once wiped out by hunting in the 1950s. As they reclaim lost territory, researchers warn that encounters and ...

"It was quite amazing to see," Steve Lamplough said of his dog's interaction with a koala joey Steve Lamplough (2) A dog and a koala formed an unlikely bond in Australia Denni, a golden retriever, was ...

As a Summit Daily News reader, you make our work possible. Summit Daily is embarking on a multiyear project to digitize its archives going back to 1989 and make them available to the public in ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — After gorging all summer on sockeye salmon, the portliest brown bears on the Alaska Peninsula will battle it out to see who will be named the fattest of them all in the wildly ...