This year’s bear was nicknamed ‘The Big One’. According to the refuge, this bear is a North American Black Bear and the only bear species found in North Carolina. They can grow up to 700 pounds.

Mississippi is home to two types of black bears: the Louisiana black bear to the south and the American black bear in ... how ...

Pennsylvania has some of the biggest black bears in the world ... but compared to other parts of North American where black bears live, we don’t really have any vast wilderness.

The following is a press release from the Sequoia Park Zoo: Early last week, Sequoia Park Zoo quietly welcomed a new American black bear (Ursus americanus) to the Zoo. Placed at Sequoia Park Zoo ...