Oregon’s black bears are some of the most fascinating creatures roaming the Pacific Northwest. From their surprising range of ...

By genus and species, it’s an American black bear. But if both parents (no matter their color) have the same mutation in a gene that affects pigment production, their offspring will have white fur.

While the pictured "black bears'" fur is shown to be brown, this is actually a fur color black bears sometimes have. Missouri Department of Conservation Furbearer Biologist Nate Bowersock said ...