GUNTERSVILLE, Ala. – A black bear was caught going for a swim in a lake in northern Alabama on Wednesday morning. A.J. McGee ...

A male yearling black bear wearing a tracking collar was spotted roaming a residential neighborhood in Herndon Monday morning ...

Black Bear Program coordinator believes the young bear may be from Arkansas and swam across the Mississippi River.

“He might turn around and go right back to Lake McCormorant, or he may walk to Alabama ... a bear on their own.” MISSISSIPPI OUTDOORS: Massive black bear, biggest ever recorded in the state ...

A black bear who spent hours in ... Police posted photos of the male bear on social media, warning people not to approach the animal. In one photo, the bear appeared to be feet away from a house.

May 21 to have a black bear hunt for 23 days in December, but the measure must be voted on again in August to be finalized.

Black bears were hunted to near extinction in the 1990s, and the species was listed as threatened by the state ... bear population. Other cities in the southeastern United States — Alabama ...

A wandering black bear that last month paid ... An untrained observer might not have known enough about bear characteristics to conclude that the animal found in Virginia on Monday was the same ...

OCALA — The state wildlife commission on Wednesday endorsed Florida’s first black bear hunt in a decade, turning aside fears of animal advocates who worry the plan for a December hunt will ...