Caretakers at a humane society are using scented fur suits and bear masks to help one cub prepare for life out in the wild.

At a wildlife center in San Diego, caretakers of a black bear cub are using extraordinary measures to keep him from becoming reliant on humans, including donning masks and vintage fur coats. By ...

Gloves, a fur coat and a bear mask. The outfit sounds like avant-garde fashion, but it’s actually the uniform of caretakers at the San Diego Humane Society, who are raising an orphaned black ...

A black bear was spotted roaming near Galena in northwestern Illinois in recent weeks, the state's Department of Natural ...

Black bears are skilled anglers, moving with surprising stealth and grace before striking at an unsuspecting fish.

An orphaned black bear cub, whose future was at one point uncertain, has found a new, permanent home at Sequoia Park Zoo in California. The hairless bear cub was rescued in El Dorado County ...

The Florida black bear was considered a threatened species from 1974 through 2012. The black bear population has since recovered and officials say there are about 4,050 in the wild statewide.

Yearlings leave mom and search for food, shelter and a place of their own. Adult males travel far and wide looking for mates.

It's a black bear encounter that this tourist will remember fur-ever. A Gatlinburg tourist found herself in a bear-y scary situation when she came nearly face to face with two black bears on April 26.