The North American Bear Center explains that when bear cubs roughhouse like this, it's a form of play, confirming that the cubs in this video are not actually fighting. "Unlike children, bears play without vocalizing. Cub play often looks like fighting, but fighting is noisy. Play is quiet, and play-bites are gentle."

This incredible footage of these bear cubs running along the shore gives an up-close look at them that most people would never see otherwise.

When Veronica O'Brien-Lim and Vincent Lim heard scratching beneath their Bergen County, New Jersey, home, they never imagined what was causing it. A mother black bear and her four cubs had moved in right under the house - turning a quiet neighborhood into a front-row seat for one of nature's most surprising shows.

"It was like paparazzi here, cars driving by, people walking by, where are the bears?"

For the first time, a mother bear in Connecticut has been spotted with five cubs. NBC4 Connecticut shared a video of the family, and Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) confirmed that it is the largest litter ever observed in the state.

A New Jersey family says they have been sharing their home with a mother bear and her four cubs living right under their house.

Police told Hudsonville Public Schools that a young bear was seen near two elementary schools, the superintendent said.

New York State Police say a passerby contacted Sergeant Station Commander Richard Kosakowski after spotting something small, furry, and very out of place near the road. Turns out, it wasn’t a dog, or a trick of the eye. It was a bear cub—briefly turning traffic into a slow crawl as everyone tried to figure out exactly what they were looking at.

A baby black bear will be going to a good home after he was found wandering alone on West Ava Road on Thursday, according to the New York State Police and the Woodhaven Wildlife Center.

Officials call the development a sign of successful cross-state conservation efforts. Researchers say cub survival remains uncertain but promising.

For the first time, we are hearing from the woman behind a now-viral video showing a mama bear doing something moms everywhere can relate to.