bears

Take me home, country roads, to the place where bears are prowling? Perhaps that should be how the song goes in southeastern Missouri as law enforcement in one of these small communities has confirmed a black bear has been spotted near two rural roads.

I now know much more about bear poop than I ever thought I would. The state of Missouri wants it that way and there are great practical reasons why this is so.

When you go swimming in Illinois, you need to understand the dangers in the water. Now, you need to consider the possibility that there are bears swimming in Illinois lakes as a new video share proves.

I had no idea that black bears had military aspirations, but that's apparently the case for one of these creatures currently touring Illinois as he reportedly tried to break into Scott Air Force Base.

It's no secret that bears are becoming more common in Missouri, but how many official sightings have there really been? I found several maps that show how many and where bears have been spotted in Missouri and they're slightly terrifying.

I know that many senior centers do great work in providing entertainment for their residents. Many at an Illinois senior center definitely got a thrill this week as a big black bear got up-close-and-personal in Belleville, Illinois.

It's been a lively season for bears in southern Illinois and that point was proven yet again over the weekend as one of these apex predators was spotted making cameos on security camera photos and even ringing doorbells in Monroe County.

There are so many ways this encounter in the Missouri woods could have gone so very wrong. A mushroom hunter in Missouri was out looking for morels when he found something else instead. It was a mother bear with cubs in tow and he has video showing what happened.

You have to be careful when you explore caves in Missouri. Someone or something might have found that cave before you and still be inside. That's what happened to a family recently and the sound they heard coming from deep inside a cave was...interesting.

Do you doubt that there are more bears in Missouri and Illinois than ever before? Here's more video proof as a black bear was spotted galloping through a field near Carbondale, Illinois recently.