black bear

OLEAN — A black bear was shot and killed by Olean police in the city shortly after midnight Aug. 13. Police Chief Ron Richardson reported Thursday two...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — The black bear population across Pennsylvania is estimated at 16,268 by the Pennsylvania Game Commission. That’s a big drop from th...

In mid-October, the wildlife one most often sees along the Allegheny River Valley Trail are industrious squirrels and chipmunks as they seek and gathe...

JOHNSTON, R.I. — The proverbial, unprintable question about bears finally has an answer: not just in the woods. Sometimes, also, in the suburbs of Rho...

At a time of year that black bears will soon be on the move, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is urging people to be carefu...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The state with most black bears on the East Coast might change the way it manages its growing population of the animals, and hu...

At a time of year that black bears are on the move, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is urging people to be careful with fo...

ALBANY (AP) — Hunters in New York state took 1,420 black bears in 2017, down from the previous year. The state Department of Environmental Conservatio...

The last couple of winters my brother, Pete, and I have gone out grouse hunting in New York’s late season. While we do look for grouse, the greater pu...

STEAMBURG — Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office deputies shot and killed an injured bear Tuesday evening on Interstate 86. The adolescent black bear s...

Black bears are certainly familiar to many residents of the Southern Tier. Cornell University researchers are combining digital technology with on-the...