Lawmakers weigh public safety and wildlife conservation in controversial proposals targeting bears and mountain lions.

NPCA works to preserve landscapes and wildlife in the East’s last fully connected wilderness with its Safe Passage ...

As the black bear population in the state keeps growing, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks initiated a Bear Week program in 2023 to raise awareness. William Lester, named ...

but they also eat mushrooms that would prove toxic to people. North American black bears consume more mushrooms than other species. ©Dolores M. Harvey/Shutterstock.com Although mushrooms do not make ...

Video footage captured by Sarah Loving in West Simsbury shows the black bear enjoying her backyard by climbing up a slide and riding down it.

These bears are omnivores, meaning they can eat just about anything, and refuge staff joked that, clearly, ‘The Big One’ has ...

Every year, the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge sends out a photo of what they think is the largest black bear living on the refuge. They said the North American ...

A polar bear forced hotel guests on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen to take shelter. The animal chased a man across the ...