Arkansas authorities have shot and killed a male black bear that they believe fatally mauled a 60-year-old Missouri man last ...

Bear sightings are not uncommon in Orange County. Lynn Rogers, a biologist who has studied bears for 58 years, and the DEC offer recommendations on how to behave when you meet a bear. “For over 40 ...

The state of emergency—and a no-strings-attached disaster fund that the Legislature created for the governor's office—gave ...

When black bears’ natural food supply is altered by human habits or abnormal weather patterns, they find easy calories in ...