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. Former NASCAR driver and 6 others dead after private ...

Liberation Station, North Carolina's first Black-owned children's bookstore first closed in 2024 after receiving violent ...

Learn why Alabama chose the black bear as state mammal and how conservation is guiding this shy forest neighbor’s return.

Bucky Flowers has been processing hides for 49 years, everything from deer to turkey and now, Florida black bears. He's turning the 2 bears into rugs.

Black bear sightings are increasing in Ohio, including recent tracks spotted by hunters in Washington County in December 2025. Once considered eliminated from the state, Ohio's black bear population ...

MONACA, Pa. — A black bear was spotted in a suburban area of a Beaver County community. A photo shared by the Borough of Monaca shows a black bear in a yard near bird feeders. Borough officials said ...

The first time I saw a black bear was on a camping trip to Baxter State Park in the early ‘70s. I left the tent early one morning to use the outhouse. When I emerged, a black bear was snuffling around ...

Black bear sightings are on the rise around Ohio, with several spotted this summer all over the Buckeye State. Add winter (OK — late fall) to that list, as well. On Facebook, the Ohio Department of ...

Dec. 8 (UPI) --Spectators at a Christmas parade in Tennessee were treated to a surprise scene when a black bear wandered into the road and walked along the parade route. Amanda Snook-Paige captured ...

Officials in Gatlinburg, Tenn., warn that humans should always keep at least 150 feet between themselves and a wild bear A black bear wandered into Gatlinburg, Tenn.’s 50th Christmas parade on Dec. 8 ...

BUTLER COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — A Pennsylvania hunter’s recent black bear harvest is the largest one recorded so far this year. The Pennsylvania Game Commission posted Friday on Facebook, Nate Miller ...