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.

Louisiana's black bear population all but disappeared in the 1950s and 1960s, but has recovered to include about 1,500 today and was removed from the Endangered Species List in 2016.

Hunting provides access to the resource, allowing hunters to use the meat, pelt, fat and other parts of any bear they harvest ...

EAST LAKE, N.C. (WNCT) — Every year, the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge sends out a photo of what they think is the largest black bear living on the refuge. They said the North ...

From mango-loving sloth bears to wild black bears with 23 cubs, discover the oldest bears ever known and what made them ...