New Mexico’s official state animal is the American black bear, but the choice reflected more than the presence of a large mammal in the state’s forests. Lawmakers selected the black bear in 1963 ...

We Can "Bearly" Contain Our Excitement! Flamingo Gardens to Welcome Two Orphaned American Black Bear Cubs Flamingo Gardens is ...

Quick Take The Louisiana black bear, a subspecies of the American black bear, once almost disappeared from the state entirely. The black bear was named the official state mammal in 1992. In 2016, the ...

Where Rob Brossman operates bait sites in the southeast corner of the Wind River Range, he knows there are plenty of black bears out there to gobble up the peanuts he leaves. “I know the population ...

Nate Bowersock holds a baby black bear during a recent den check. Around 1,000 black bears are estimated to live in Missouri's forests. Weighing bear cubs and measuring teeth are part of Nate ...

American black bears exhibit dynamic population patterns shaped by habitat availability, resource distribution, climatic variability and human interactions. Energy acquisition from seasonal food ...

Learn how animal scat reveals DNA insights on species, population size, diet, and movement—helping scientists protect ...

More than 12,000 black bears inhabit Michigan, and while seeing one of the usually shy creatures can be thrilling, there are precautions nature lovers should take to avoid a dangerous situation. Black ...

OSAGE BEACH, Mo. – A large black bear was caught on video wandering near a dumpster in the Lake of the Ozarks area. Timothy Coen tells FOX 2 he spotted the bear earlier this week near a residential ...

Florida's first black bear hunt in ten years is scheduled to begin on December 6, pending a court challenge. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission issued 187 permits for the hunt, ...