Fred Bear's classic tale of his Stone sheep hunt that culminated in an almost impossible shot — and a new world-record.

Black Bear Credit: NPS (file photo) Statewide Bear Harvest Cap Remains at 1,700; Public Discussion on MPA Petitions to ...

As temperatures rise and spring settles in across Virginia, black bears are emerging from their winter dens. And they are hungry. Wildlife officials say this seasonal uptick in activity often leads to ...

There’s a bear in Essex County’s Mills Reservation Thursday, authorities said. Cedar Grove officers last spotted the black ...

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It may be a surprise to learn that Kentucky was once known as “the Black Bear State.” Biologists suggest that in the early 1800s, Eastern Kentucky’s rich forests likely supported the largest black ...

New York hunters killed a record number of black bears outside the Adirondacks last year, a sign of how far the animals’ range has expanded across the state. Hunters culled an estimated 1,759 black ...

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Virginia has ample public land: The National Forest Service alone holds 1.7 million acres, several military bases grant hunting access, and a number of Fish & Wildlife Service areas support good ...

ARLINGTON, Va. (7News) — A bear cub is recovering after being abandoned by her mother in Central Virginia. The Wildlife Center of Virginia in Waynesboro took in the six-week-old female black bear for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo posted on social media by Secret Pass Outfitters of Pershing County Commissioner Joe Crim posing with killed bear on Nov. 10 ...