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.

The American black bear (Ursus americanus) is native to North America and is found primarily in Canada and the U.S., with a small population in Mexico.There are 16 subspecies which differ slightly ...

Offer Ben-Arie never imagined seeing a 400-pound black bear in his backyard, but the stunned New Jersey man channeled lessons from reality television to escape unscathed. "And I'm, like, 10 feet ...

American black bears live only in North America, and spectacled bears are found only in South America. Asian black bears and sun bears are found all over Asia. The sloth bear also lives in Asia ...

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 ...

In North America, grizzly and black bears are most common. Knowing what to do when encountering a bear varies between types. Here's how to tell the difference.

Still, "American black bears are doing well all over," Spiker says: Scientists believe there are now more black bears in North America than there were when the settlers arrived in the 1600s.

"Black bears are so timid today partly because they evolved alongside such powerful predators as saber-toothed cats, American lions, dire wolves and short-faced bears, all of which became extinct ...

The American black bear is the world’s most common bear species. All Clips Images Articles. Black Bear Fact Sheet. 00:01:52. Bears of the Last Frontier: The Road North.

Many American black bears are black, but some are blonde, brown or bluish-grey. Thomas Fuhrmann via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 Today, cinnamon-colored bears live primarily in western ...

The number of human-black bear interactions is surging nationwide, with 18 state wildlife agencies reporting an increase in 2022, researchers said.