While Iowa doesn’t currently have a black bear population, authorities say that within the next decade or two, we might be ...

The Iowa DNR is reminding those who live in areas where bears have turned up in the past to be ready for them to return.

Several black bears spent the winter tucked into dens in northeastern Iowa, which wildlife experts say is a “step up the ladder” toward an established breeding population of bears in the state. Black ...

Imagine sauntering down a trail in Yellow River State Forest and coming face to face with a bear! It could happen right here in East Central Iowa. Early this summer a black bear was photographed near ...