Hunting permits for spring bear season are set to open, and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (DFG) has rules hunters should know before heading out.

Male grizzlies emerge from their dens in early March, so this sighting is right on time. In 2025, the first reported sighting ...

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A new bill in the Mississippi Legislature could reintroduce black bear hunting for the first time in nearly a century. The proposed legislation would authorize the state's wildlife department to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. My first bullet knocked the bear flat, but he scrambled to his feet quickly and came along the beach for us. A jinx is a nasty ...

This story, “A Family Hunt for Alaska Brownies,” originally ran almost 80 years ago in the July 1947 issue. While it is a classic example of family hunt for the time, it also shows how hunting ethics ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A brown bear mother and cub rest in a meadow in Hallo Bay in Alaska’s Katmai National Park. Hallo Bay’s salt marshes attact large ...

Wildlife guide Evans Baudin filmed a pod of orcas teaching their young to hunt a sunfish off Baja California in December 2025. The family shifted from calm swimming to coordinated pursuit, using high ...

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We spotted the first bears from the air. As our small bush plane circled the wilderness lodge that would be our home for the week, hulking brown forms stood out against the green expanse of a meadow ...