Bears can be found in the northern rainforests along Alaska’s panhandle ... and distributing seeds through their scat. The black bear (Ursus americanus) is the most widely distributed bear ...

The state Department of Fish and Game program is aimed at boosting the population of the faltering Mulchatna Caribou Herd.

Average-sized adult males weigh 300 lbs. and females 150 lbs. The black bear once occurred over most of North America from Alaska and Canada south into the central regions of northern Mexico, but now ...

Alaska officials are seeking emergency authorization to keep killing bears and wolves in a region in the western part of the state even though a judge ruled this month that the state predator ...

In May 2018, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke directed the National Park Service to allow extreme hunting methods in Alaska’s national preserves, such as baiting brown bears, killing black bear mothers ...

The group is seeking an injunction to prevent a third bear-removal season after the Board of Game approved it through an ...

Bears can be found in the northern rainforests along Alaska’s panhandle ... October and remain in their dens as late as May. Like black bears, they give birth while hibernating and can be ...