At first glance, the Instagram reel looks like pure sweetness as a baby bear runs toward its mother in Western North Carolina ...

If you’re out hiking and spot an excessively large bird in a tree, take a second look. Black bears don’t need wings to reach ...

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 ...

A golfer in New Jersey is surprised to see a massive black mother bear and her four cubs in tow just wandering through the ...

Black bears will be active in Michigan through fall. Learn how to bear-proof your yard, and safely react if there is an ...

Rickie, one of our former Florida black bear rehabilitation patients, is back at our Zoo as a permanent resident.

ORLANDO, Fla. – Most people who won permits to participate in the first Florida black bear hunt since 2015 came away empty-handed. Jeff Nemeth wasn’t one of them – he and his son harvested a 503-pound ...

Kodiak, a 27-year-old cinnamon-colored black bear, was humanely euthanized April 24 at the Grandfather Mountain Bear ...

The young animal drew a crowd of confused residents in Albany, New York, who first spotted the animal around 2 a.m. local time on Tuesday, April 21. The cub had climbed a tall tree located on Raymo ...

WETHERSFIELD, Conn. (WFSB) - A black bear has been spotted multiple times, poking around neighborhoods after getting too ...