According to MassWildlife, there are at least 4,500 black bears in Massachusetts and their range is expanding eastward.

The black bear has a short, inconspicuous tail. The body and legs are short. The head is broad with erect, rounded ears. The muzzle, grizzled with brown, is long and narrow. The eyes are small and ...

In Yellowstone National Park a few years ago, I listened while a man confidently explained to his wife why a brown-phase ...

A bear that had pioneering brain surgery to save his life has emerged from semi-hibernation "looking brilliant, happy and ...

Alaska has killed more than 200 bears as part of its 'intensive management' program intended to help a caribou herd.

A brown bear who underwent a pioneering ... Romain Pizzi, the first surgeon to perform a similar operation on a black bear in Asia, agreed to operate on Boki. The Wildwood Trust said the surgery ...

A zoo in England said the first brown bear to undergo brain surgery has awakened from hibernation and appears to be back to his old self.

A brown bear who underwent pioneering brain surgery has emerged from semi-hibernation in good health – a breakthrough in his recovery. Three-year-old Boki, a resident of Wildwood Trust near ...

Vets had been waiting to observe how Boki would wake up to gauge the success of the surgery, the first of its kind on a brown bear. "He's looking brilliant, happy and healthy and we haven't seen ...