GATLINBURG, Tenn. — Move over Chainsaw Bear, it's Parkour Bear's time in the spotlight. Black bears are obviously no strangers to Gatlinburg since the Great Smoky Mountains surrounding the city are ...

A black bear known as Charlie was spotted at an ice skating rink in Lake Tahoe on Thursday, Nov. 6 Danny Yanez A black bear was photographed in the ice skating rink at Heavenly Village in South Lake ...

An 11-year-old boy ran into a Pennsylvania Family Dollar with a black bear right behind him. The bear charged through the front doors, sending the boy and the cashier scrambling for cover. The moment ...

Florida’s black bear hunt is scheduled to go forward next month despite its unpopularity and a lack of recent population studies to know if the mammal’s numbers are in decline. The Florida Fish and ...

'I'm probably going to be eaten by a bear,' the young boy, Cole Frazee, remembers thinking to himself during the encounter Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

A state-sanctioned hunt to slash rising human-bear interactions may be predicated on a false belief that Florida black bear populations have been growing, according to newly released research from the ...

FLORIDA — The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has just released a memo shedding new light on what a proposed black bear hunt could look like in our state. The proposed rules outline ...

This story, “No Way Out,” appeared in the April 2005 issue of Outdoor Life. The regulations it references applied to that time period, and have not been updated. Philip Propst couldn’t see his dogs or ...

It’s nearly hibernation season in Michigan and the state’s 12,400 black bears are looking for cozy spaces to bed − make sure your home doesn’t become part of their den. As temperatures drop and snow ...

This story, “Death Trap,” appeared in the November 2003 issue of Outdoor Life magazine. A near disaster that you survive is called a learning experience. Well, on this hunt did I ever learn! My ...

For the third consecutive season, the NFL is playing a game on Black Friday. The Chicago Bears are taking on the Philadelphia Eagles on Friday at 3 p.m. ET at Lincoln Financial Field in a battle ...

The holidays are upon us, and the next gift is a battle of NFC heavyweights in the NFL's third annual Black Friday contest. Except the Chicago Bears and Philadelphia Eagles, who will square off at ...