Bears can be found in the northern rainforests along Alaska’s panhandle ... and distributing seeds through their scat. The black bear (Ursus americanus) is the most widely distributed bear ...

Opponents of a controversial predator control program in Western Alaska are seeking a court order to halt this year’s work ...

Average-sized adult males weigh 300 lbs. and females 150 lbs. The black bear once occurred over most of North America from Alaska and Canada south into the central regions of northern Mexico, but now ...

Both grizzly and black bears in the Northern Rockies and the Sierra Nevada ... hibernate for only a few days or weeks, while ...

Bears can be found in the northern rainforests along Alaska’s panhandle ... October and remain in their dens as late as May. Like black bears, they give birth while hibernating and can be ...

The state Department of Fish and Game program is aimed at boosting the population of the faltering Mulchatna Caribou Herd.