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.

Louisiana's black bear became part of American culture when President Teddy Roosevelt refused to shoot one that had been ...

Later on in summer, red raspberries ( a key fruit species for bears), choke cherries, scarlet elder berries, dogwood fruits and blackberries ripen. In September, American mountain-ash berries, black ...

There is science, not just folklore, behind several of the spirit bear’s traits. By genus and species, it’s an American black bear. But if both parents (no matter their color) have the same ...

A rumor users circulated online in March 2025 claimed that a photo showed hundreds of black bears lining U.S. Highway 65 near the tourist destination city of Branson, Missouri. The picture ...

In recent years Florida's black bear population has grown significantly in some areas, and they were removed from state ...

In Yellowstone National Park a few years ago, I listened while a man confidently explained to his wife why a brown-phase ...

The DNR encourages the public to submit any den locations they find across Wisconsin in order to help with ongoing black bear ...

It’s the first day of meteorological spring, but for Minnesota DNR Research Specialist Hannah Leeper, it’s another day in a ...

polar bears, American black bears, Asiatic black bears, and brown bears. Across the board, infanticide (which the authors define as consumption of unrelated youth) and conspecific strife (consumption ...

Black bears are the only species of bears that live in the Bay State Many bears remain active in the winter, as opposed to hibernating, if there is adequate food. Have you ever been on a nature ...

The American black bear is a medium-sized bear native to North America. It is the continent’s smallest and most widely distributed bear species. Black bears are omnivores with their diets ...