SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WTVO) — Illinois residents are being asked to report armadillo and black bear sightings, in an effort to determine if the animals are moving northward. According to the Forest ...

A black bear was seen in a tree and also spotted rummaging through trash in Morgan County on Tuesday morning. Decatur police say officers and a state game warden responded after someone reported a ...

Jul. 23—A Decatur resident spotted a black bear near Modaus Road on Tuesday morning, not far from Austin High School, the home of the Black Bears. Decatur Police Department spokeswoman Irene ...

The video shows a black bear walking right up to his door at around 4:00 a.m. on Sunday. While not common, bear sightings in this area are not new, as News 5 has learned through almost half a ...

“With a St. Mary’s bear, that’s more likely the case.” On July 5, 1986, a 141-pound black bear was shot and killed by law enforcement officers in New Market in northern St. Mary’s County.

It was shot with a tranquilizer gun Thursday morning, but the dart fell out, and the bear kept running and hopping fences in and out of backyards. At around 11 a.m., it disappeared into the ...

This is the latest of many black bear sightings in North Alabama. A bear was seen in June in Huntsville, one was spotted in Athens, then another was seen last week in the Tuscumbia area.

Although black bear sightings at the park are rare, they do happen. "Two or three times a year, we get reports of somebody seeing a bear on the Canyon Loop Trail or Alamo Loop," said Steven Haas ...