black bears

Legislation will be considered by a State Senate Committee this week that calls for bear-resistant garbage containers, cans and dumpster to be required for all Garden State residents who live near wooded areas where bears have been spotted.

New Jersey is gearing up for its fourth state-sanctioned bear hunt.

Most videos you see with bears that lose their way have people trying to get out of the way or the bear trying to climb up a tree to get away from the scary people. Not this video.

A black bear sighted in a tree on campus at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) was  removed by fire and police Thursday afternoon around 3:30 p.m.

At least one black bear has been prowling Mount Laurel and has become the talk of the town.

Thousands of black bears have come out of hibernation in New Jersey, and they've started roaming the Garden State, looking for food, mates and territories.

Bear season is here, and it’s not even December. Each and every fall hunters take to the woods and bag a bear so as to cull the herd. And every year the bear nuts come out and protest, even after the season. Earlier in the week, I wrote about the intrusion (or is it us intruding...

Authorities say a car struck and killed a bear cub on a northern New Jersey highway.

As New Jersey moves into the fall and the colder season begins, residents and outdoor enthusiasts in the state's "bear country" are urged to be on the lookout for black bears as they prepared for the winter denning season.

Dennis and Judi have been discussing bear sightings in NJ. Check out this footage we received of a group of bears recently sighted in Warren County, NJ.