Unlike their less adaptable North American cousins, the polar bear and the grizzly, black bears are steadily increasing in ...

Barry,” as local residents call the bear, has been a recurring visitor in the neighborhood for quite some time.

A Southern California man returned home after evacuating last month’s devastating Los Angeles-area wildfires to discover an ...

About 80 percent of a black bear’s diet comes from plants (fruits, nuts, berries), 15 percent from insects (termites, ants, yellow jackets) and 5 percent from meat (opossums, armadillos, carrion), the ...