The 2016 season, when archery was first allowed, saw a total of 636 black bears killed and in 2015 there were 510 bears brought to check stations. There was no hunt in 2021, when no Comprehensive ...

An 89-year-old Florida homeowner and his pet dog are believed to have been mauled to death by a bear on the man’s property Monday morning. The body of Robert Markel was found shortly after the ...

Bears do occasionally hibernate above ground, the DNR reported. It's not unusual. However, in this case, ... because he'd been woken up from his winter sleep," a DNR official said.

EVERGREEN, Colo. (CBS4)- A homeowner took up pots and pans to scare away a bear that had climbed onto a second story deck of a home in Evergreen. A CBS4 YouReporter took video of the bear on the deck.

Bear fell through ceiling from attic "After taking a look around, it was determined that the bear had climbed up a ladder outside and squeezed through an opening into the attic," the post said.

A black bear that has been spotted in several locations around the Kansas City metro appears to be injured, a spokesperson with the Missouri Department of Conservation said Thursday.The bear ...

The department’s bear biologist, Andrew Tri, “examined the bear and pronounced him healthy but groggy – obviously, because he’d been woken up from his winter sleep,” according to the ...

Bear dens may look like brush piles covered in snow or excavated holes in the ground, both having an icy opening to vent fresh air. If you think you’ve found a den, stay quiet and listen.

Sleeping Bear Dunes' bear population soon won't be sleeping ... media to remind people that black bears — the only species of bear in Michigan — will soon be waking from their winter sleep.

They delay implantation of fertilized eggs until November, enabling young to be born during the mother's winter sleep. Cubs remain with their mothers for up to four years, and females won't breed ...