The National Park Service warned that feeding bears can cause serious consequences including the "euthanasia of the animal." ...

Please, please, please - stop feeding the bears at Tennessee’s Great Smoky Mountains National Park. What may seem to be a ...

Despite what their name suggests, American black bears can wear a range of colors: brown, cinnamon, blond, gray, even white. Black bear cubs at an animal refuge in Linville, N.C.

From its pre-Columbian peak, the Florida black bear population fell precipitously. Between unregulated hunting and habitat ...

American black bears are the smallest and most common bear in North America. They are highly adaptable, with a diet that ...

American black bears are making more frequent forays into human territory these days, showing up in pools and hot tubs, on trampolines and tackling faux deer.

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 ...

The American Black Bear (Ursus americanus), also known as simply the black bear or cinnamon bear, is the most common bear in North America. Black bears prefer forested and shrubby areas but use ...

This image depicts an American Black Bear in Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park. There are several places where you could see a black bear in or around Gatlinburg.

The American black bear, Ursus americanus, did not get the memo when that saying was circulated: It comes in a variety of shades, including blond and cinnamon.

Mississippi is home to two types of black bears: the Louisiana black bear to the south and the American black bear in the northern third of the state. Both were nearly wiped out in the state ...