A black bear nursing four cubs on the shoulder of Town Mountain Road in Asheville, NC, is adorable at first glance. But that ...

A black bear nursing four cubs on the shoulder of Town Mountain Road in Asheville, NC, is adorable at first glance. But that ...

Several human-bear encounters in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park this month have triggered trail closures and ...

A black bear was spotted climbing a fence in the woods near a neighborhood in Clinton.

A new gut microbiome study of bears in eastern North Carolina expands our understanding of microbial ecosystems in omnivores ...

New Hampshire supports a stable population of black bears, concentrated in forested northern and central regions but increasingly present statewide. Bears rely on seasonal food cycles, with spring ...

New Hampshire’s landscape, defined by extensive forests, rugged mountains, and scattered rural development, provides strong habitat for black bears across much of the state. Although smaller in ...

Officials at an iconic national park have closed multiple popular trails to due incidents involving aggressive bears. Rangers ...

New study shows that black bear gut microbes change with diet, age, and environment. Bears eat corn but not much peanut bait.

Smokey Bear Historical Park in Capitan, New Mexico, will celebrate its 50th anniversary and Smokey's birthday in 2026.

Spirit bears, which have white coats, are a type of black bear that occurs when a black bear inherits a specific recessive gene from two parents ...

Two encounters included a bear approaching visitors and taking backpacks. In another, a bear displayed aggressive behavior ...