Its presence here is not for debate: the black bear. Let’s talk about facts here. Black bears – the state mammal – are native to Alabama. A small population has lived in southwest Alabama ...

It looks like Steven Ballard in Gadsden, Alabama, may have a new neighbor. He sent this video to sister station WVTM's first ...

Although black bears are classified as a game animal in Alabama, there is no established black bear hunting season in the state and shooting at a black bear is a Class A misdemeanor with a maximum ...

While Minnesota does not have an official state animal, several proposed options include the white-tailed deer, the Eastern timber wolf, the black bear, the thirteen-lined ground squirrel ...

While Alabama’s black bear population is relatively ... the growing number of observations outside the animal’s traditional ranges in the state. In recent years, bear sightings have also ...

(AP) — Biologists and researchers are tracking a trio of black bear ... state, which works with a research team from Auburn University, estimates that from 30 to 35 bears live in northeast ...

At this time, the black bear population in Alabama does not ... All game animal species and a variety of nongame species are protected by state law. The protections afforded to game species ...

According to the Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division, the agency is monitoring the black bear population ... and that the animal could be found in every county in the state.