Most of the special permits to hunt Florida black bears in December have been claimed, a state wildlife spokesperson said this week, but more than three dozen are reportedly in the hands of hunt ...

New Jersey’s 2025 black bear hunting season will be split into two segments — an archery season in October and a firearm season in December — with state wildlife officials retaining the authority to ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (KLFY) — The second edition of the revived Louisiana Black Bear hunt has more hunters applying for permits and more permits issued than last year’s inaugural hunt. According to the ...

Captured in the forest, this brown bear is seen resting on a rock, its massive paws and thick fur reflecting its strength. The scene illustrates the bear’s role in the wild and its connection to the ...

Chunk, a towering brown bear with a broken jaw, swept the competition Tuesday in the popular Fat Bear Week contest — his first win after narrowly finishing in second place three previous years. The ...

Fat Bear 2025 named the winning bear after voting completed on Sept. 30. Bears Chunk and 856 made the final round Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

After a flood of applications, would-be Florida bear hunters have a one-in-a-thousand chance – the same as cracking open a double-yolk egg – of winning the lottery for a permit. The Florida Fish and ...

Katrina Shadix submitted 550 applications for bear hunting permits hours before the deadline to enter Florida’s lottery for the black bear hunt. At $5 a pop, Shadix spent $2,750 on applications, but ...