Patrice Miller, 71, had been harassed by an aggressive black bear in her small Northern California town for months before it broke into her home and killed her last year. When officials first ...

With approximately 300,000 black bears in the United States, this species is the country’s most abundant bear, and their ...

Bob and Susan Nesler have been visited by a black bear at their home in the San Gabriel Valley foothills in recent weeks, per NBC News, ABC 7, and Northern News. The bear, whom the couple named ...

Wildlife experts at the facility are helping taking care of a two-month-old black bear cub who they say is the youngest they’ve ever seen. The cub was found by campers in Southern California’s ...

A month before that, another bear was reported seen running across a busy groomer. Black bears are the only species of bear in California and in the Tahoe area. Despite their name, they can be black, ...

In fact, California’s black bears have thrived amid hunting, and all the evidence suggests the state could significantly expand bear hunting without any negative impact. The Fish and Wildlife ...

LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev. – California’s Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) was operating on a black bear conservation and management plan from 1998—up until last Monday, when they ...

According to state wildlife officials, the California bear population is estimated at 60,000 statewide, with the bulk of the state’s bears calling Northern California home. In the Bay Area, most ...