By Susan Bard, Bangor Daily News Staff The first thing I ever shot was a hen wood duck. I was an 18-year-old college student ...

A black bear was spotted Wednesday morning looking for breakfast in neighborhood trash bins in Central. The sighting is not the first in the greater Baton Rouge area in recent months, leaving ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC) is proposing a new black bear hunting season despite public opposition and concerns about its impact on the bear population. The proposed hunt ...

Iowans could see more black bear sightings this spring and in future years, according to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. In 2024, a black bear was spotted at Clarke University in Dubuque ...

The Boston College Eagles (22-24, 9-15 ACC) baseball team suffered a midweek loss to the Maine Black Bears (19-22 ... on a sacrifice fly by third baseman Patrick Roche and knotted the game ...

Mississippi has a growing population of black bears with sightings and encounters becoming more common each year. To celebrate the return of black bears and help people learn to live alongside ...

Every spring, Wisconsin’s estimated 24,000 black bears emerge from their winter torpor and leave their dens in search of food and potentially new territory. These explorations sometimes cause ...

FWC will consider a hunt from Dec. 6 to 28. Florida black bears used to be considered a threatened species from 1974 to 2012. Florida may allow 187 black bears to be hunted. Florida hunters may be ...

According to Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife officials, Maine's black bear population has been on the rise in the past five years. I build PCs for a living – here are the 6 ...

The University of Maine was sent to Allentown for the NCAA men's hockey tournament, approximately 550 miles from Orono. Of course, a lot of Black Bears fans still made the trip. Maine fans travel ...

Michigan black bears are leaving hibernation for the spring season. Experts offer guidance in case of bear encounters in northern Michigan. Michigan is home to more than 12,000 black bears ...