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 ...
American black bears are the smallest and most common bear in North America. They are highly adaptable, with a diet that ...
A black bear nursing four cubs on the shoulder of Town Mountain Road in Asheville, NC, is adorable at first glance. But that ...
A new gut microbiome study of bears in eastern North Carolina expands our understanding of microbial ecosystems in omnivores ...
Several human-bear encounters in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park this month have triggered trail closures and ...
New study shows that black bear gut microbes change with diet, age, and environment. Bears eat corn but not much peanut bait.
Officials at an iconic national park have closed multiple popular trails to due incidents involving aggressive bears. Rangers at Great Smoky Mountains National Park said they responded to three ...
A black bear was spotted climbing a fence in the woods near a neighborhood in Clinton.