Residents of the Florida panhandle, one of the Gulf Coast's top Spring Break destinations, are presumably used to dealing with unruly neighbors. But state wildlife officials are paying increasing ...

Beloved black bear dies: Maryann, a longtime resident at Popcorn Park Animal Refuge in Forked River, has died after nearly two decades at the Ocean County sanctuary. Maryann arrived in 2005 after ...

American black bears are the smallest and most common bear in North America. They are highly adaptable, with a diet that includes honey and moose. Teens arrested after teacher prank turns deadly in ...

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 ...

The action follows a late-2024 investigation launched after Georgia voters reported receiving partially prefilled absentee ballot materials. New research is fueling election fraud claims promoted by ...

Every year, Black people look forward to the release of the National Urban League’s State of Black America Report to share insights into our progress toward achieving full freedom in this nation. The ...

Norah O'Donnell has interviewed a lot of people in her long career, including some of the most important women of our time, such as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Vice President Kamala Harris, ...

A man visiting Northstar California Resort near Lake Tahoe filmed three bears on the slopes from a ski lift Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, ...