Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Virginia has a large and stable population of black bears. Mountains and swamps hold the highest populations. Seasonal behavior ...

Southwest Virginia is currently one of the state’s hottest spots for bear mange cases, with the highest concentrations in ...

Growing concerns are emerging about the local bear population as cases of mange rise, especially in the Roanoke region.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — Andria Jordan and her family have lived on Breck Avenue in Virginia Beach for 15 years and have seen ...

A wandering black bear that last month paid a visit to the Maryland suburbs is thought to be the same one that spent hours on Monday in a tree in the Northern Virginia town of Herndon. Bears are ...

Black bear sightings are at their peak in Southwest Virginia, but many of the bears turning up this season aren’t looking ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — The summer heat was un-bear-able for one little bear, who decided to seek relief by taking a dip in the North Landing River Friday morning. One Virginia Beach resident, ...

"And then all of a sudden, the bear pops up." ...

Black Bear© "Black Bear" by jitze is licensed under BY 2.0. Several members of my family, in different parts of Virginia, have seen bears in their back yard. Some years ago, a bear used the automatic ...