black bear

Hunting or harvesting Black Bears in Louisiana may soon happen after Governor Landry signed a new bill.

Louisiana's black bear populations have recovered so well that the Department of Wildlife is proposing a limited hunting season. Here's when that will happen.

Louisiana has nine official animals. Can you name them all? How many of them do you have a recipe for?

In an extraordinary event, a black bear made a surprise appearance at a popular beach in Destin, causing a mix of fear and fascination among beachgoers.

More and more people are doing vacations in cabins in the woods like Gatlinburg.

With Louisiana's Black Bear population on the increase and humans annexing more and more bear territory the chances for up-close encounters is on the increase.

The female bear was part of the department's Black Bear Restoration Program.

Earlier this year, a man from New Iberia pleaded guilty to killing a Louisiana black bear. The Louisiana black bear has been on the endangered species list for some 20 years.

A 39-year-old New Iberia man faces a fine of up to $100,000 and a year in prison in the illegal killing of a Louisiana black bear.

A decapitated head and skin from a black bear that's been missing for more than a year was found near a New Iberia subdivision off of Daniel Lane.

If you see a little black bear, walk away and call police.

A small black bear was seen in a Lafayette Neighborhood near St Carlos and Merida, off of Dulles this morning.

Louisiana wildlife agents are investigating several recent illegal killings of black bears.