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Black bear sightings and overall incidents in New Jersey are down so far in 2025, according to a report from the state ...
Gloves, a fur coat and a bear mask. The outfit sounds like avant-garde fashion, but it’s actually the uniform of caretakers at the San Diego Humane Society, who are raising an orphaned black bear cub.
Police departments and municipalities around North Jersey have taken to social media in recent weeks to inform residents of black bear sightings.
Summer is upon us, so it’s prime time for hiking and camping. Before you camp anywhere, you need to research the potential ...
Fish and Wildlife's Black Bear Activity Reports split ... "Early this morning a resident of First Avenue reported a bear in their back yard eating from the bird feeders," the Westwood Police ...
Provided Black bears are omnivores that eat a wide range of plants, small mammals, fish, insects, birds, reptiles and amphibians. They were found throughout the United States at one time but ...
Spring and early summer mark a general increase in activity for Florida’s black bears after limited movements in winter.
BENTONVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/FOX24) — Witness video shows a young black bear being captured in Bentonville around noon on May 28. Officers with the Bentonville Police Department and Bentonville animal ...
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC) is proposing a new black bear hunting ... reduced human-bear interactions by 54% and reduced the chances of bears eating garbage to “zero percent.” ...
State wildlife experts expect black bears to keep crossing into Illinois from Missouri, but it could take years or even decades for a significant population to become established.
In the past two decades, there have only been 42 reports of physical contact with bears in Florida, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife ... not play dead, black bears eat dead things ...