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

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Chris Mayo was protecting his dog when he was attacked by a bear in his backyard. For the first time, the Gulf Breeze man spoke publicly about his brush with death. Just two ...

Black bear sightings are increasing in Ohio, including recent tracks spotted by hunters in Washington County in December 2025. Once considered eliminated from the state, Ohio's black bear population ...

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 ...

A Pennsylvania hunter bagged the largest black bear in the state so far this year by killing a 717-pounder in Butler County's Moraine State Park. Nate Miller bagged the massive bear while hunting in ...

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is urging people, and particularly those who live in places where black bears proliferate, to avoid leaving garbage, pet food, bird seed and other food ...

One hunter successfully harvested his fourth bear in six years using a primitive recurve bow. The heaviest bear reported this season weighed 649 pounds and was from Potter County. Less than 3% of ...

In October 2015, Adam Sugalski stood at a check station in Lake City, Florida, and counted each dead Florida black bear brought in from the city’s hunt. The statewide hunt was called off after just ...

Black bear sightings are on the rise around Ohio, with several spotted this summer all over the Buckeye State. Add winter (OK — late fall) to that list, as well. On Facebook, the Ohio Department of ...