Wildlife officials estimate there are now 60,000 black bears in California, roughly triple the figure from 1998. With ...

With that weight, Jones’ fish easily tops Shaver’s unofficial lake record: an 18-pound brown trout caught there in the 1980s. (California doesn’t maintain official lake records.) The state record ...

“We fished until four that afternoon because the action was incredible,” says Porter, a retired state highway department employee from Harts. “I know we caught 300 crappies that day before we headed ...

One bear was found in the driver's seat, honking the horn while likely searching for cat food. The incident highlights the importance of securing attractants like food and trash to prevent bear ...

A bear cub found alone in the California wild is now “thriving ... has been caring for the 2-month-old bear, “the youngest black bear cub the organization has ever taken in,” for a ...

Black bear encounters in Florida have increased over the past decade, coinciding with a population explosion that has prompted state wildlife ... The FWC has no record of any bear attacks within ...

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May 19 (UPI) --Workers at a California wildlife center donned bear costumes to feed and care for a 2-month-old black bear cub ... the 5-mile bridge connecting the state's two peninsulas.

Roughly 73 square miles of ancestral homelands once belonging to California’s Yurok Tribe have been returned to them. The land-back conservation project along the Klamath River, a partnership ...

Florida wildlife officials have captured and killed the black bear they believe was behind the first deadly bear attack in state history ... black bear attack on record in Florida, the FWC ...

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