Later on in summer, red raspberries ( a key fruit species for bears), choke cherries, scarlet elder berries, dogwood fruits and blackberries ripen. In September, American mountain-ash berries, black ...

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is home to one of the largest black bear populations in the Eastern United States.

The American black bear is the fastest and most agile climber of all bear species. They can climb a 100-foot tree in seconds!

The American black bear is a medium-sized bear native to North America. It is the continent’s smallest and most widely distributed bear species. Black bears are omnivores with their diets ...