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.

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 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.

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 ...

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.

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

The American black bear (Ursus americanus) numbers around 60,000 in North America, making it the continent’s most common bear. It is found throughout most of Canada and in 40 of the 50 U.S. states.

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 ...

Black bear spotted in downstate Illinois 00:19. CHICAGO (CBS) -- The famous "Bear Down, Chicago Bears" fight song tells us the Bears are the pride and joy of Illinois—but actual, literal bears ...