The wild American black bear continues to expand its range further south into Lower Michigan, the DNR reports.

(NOAA via AP) SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – After spending several hours perched in a tree near Markham Woods Middle School, a black bear climbed down shortly before 5:30 p.m. Monday and wandered ...

Black bears are North America's most familiar and common bears. They typically live in forests and are excellent tree climbers, but are also found in mountains and swamps. Despite their name ...

Black bears, which are the most commonly found bear in the U.S., kill less than one person per year, according to Lynn Rogers, founder of the North American Bear Center. Meanwhile, men between the ...

The bear moves like a silhouette across the landscape, its black fur blending in with the dark rocks and dusky woods. A white-coated ... is a white variant of the North American black bear ...

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 ...

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 ...