This story appears in the December 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine ... so we waited for the drug to take effect. When black bears hibernate, their breath slows and their body ...

(The Walt Disney Company is majority owner of National Geographic Media.) “Black bears are thriving in virtually every state where they reside,” which is at least 40, Garshelis says.

This story appears in the August 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. On a drizzly autumn morning on the coast of British Columbia, a shadowy figure lumbers down to shore. A black bear has ...

Bears at Disney World? Get used to it, experts say Bears at Disney World? Get used to it, experts say Animal-friendly laws are gaining traction across the U.S. Animal-friendly laws are gaining ...

“Up until the 1960s, it was part and parcel of the National Parks experience to see the panhandling black bears along the roads. But a lot of people got hurt.” As early as the 1930s, NPS knew ...

A video shows a man in Gatlinburg getting dangerously close to a black bear. Here's what NOT to do, according to experts.

National Geographic's Crittercam technology just ... After all, American black bears are known to climb and even sleep in trees. Andean bears, which the International Union for Conservation ...