Brown helps wild animals camouflage themselves as they move along the ground or the trunks of trees. Brown fur keeps animals ...

Black bears are skilled anglers, moving with surprising stealth and grace before striking at an unsuspecting fish.

The large, extinct creatures roamed the Twin Cities area more than 10,000 years ago and could grow to more than 200 pounds ...

Up next in our Most Important Bears of 2025 is Jonah Jackson, the new starting right guard who is part of the recent overhaul ...

Black bear sightings have increased in Ohio, according to state data. Now wildlife officials are studying their population growth in the state.

The American Black Bear is found throughout much of North America in habitats ranging from swamps to desert scrub. At least two subspecies of Black Bear are thought to occur in Texas: the Mexican ...

An 89-year-old Florida man and his dog were killed by a black bear, the first recorded fatal bear attack in the state. Days later, a woman canoeing in Lake Kissimmee was killed by an alligator.

American black bear perched on a rustic wooden fence in lush greenery.. Image via Pexels The recolonization of the Midwest by black bears has occurred primarily through natural population expansion ...

In measuring bears, the scorers are looking at the size of the head. For the state record book, black bears have to have a combined length and width skull measurement of at least 19 inches to qualify.

Being a giant predator during the Pleistocene — from around 2.6 million years to about 11,000 years ago — was no easy feat. From short-faced bears to Ice Age coyotes, American cheetahs, dire wolves, ...

Black bear hunting heritage in North Carolina dates back to early Native Americans and was adopted by early colonial settlers, “Bear hunting continues to be an important tradition in North Carolina, ...