Should a confrontation occur, people should try scaring a bear off by making themselves look big and being loud, and not running away, as doing so could provoke the animal to chase. There have ...

A mama and baby bear are seen cooling off in a Monrovia family’s backyard pool. May 2025. (Dave Paige) A mama and baby bear are seen cooling off in a Monrovia family’s backyard pool.

A black bear was filmed swimming off a Naples, Florida beach. Black bears are common in nearly half of Florida, and encounters are increasing. A Florida black bear was caught on video going for a ...

A mama and baby bear are seen cooling off in a Monrovia family’s backyard pool. May 2025. (Dave Paige) A mama and baby bear are seen cooling off in a Monrovia family’s backyard pool.

A Florida black bear was caught on video going for a swim in the warm waters of the Gulf, just offshore from a Naples beach. Kylie Nelson and her son were taking a morning beach walk on May 30 ...

according to the state’s Department of Fish and Wildlife. They noted that the bears come in a variety of colors, from off-white to brown to black.

People can deter snooping bears, and prevent problem bears by keeping bears off of the behavioral ladder of progression: BearBehavioral Ladder.indd. Black bears, like any species, seek easy meals.