The wild American black bear continues to expand its range further south into Lower Michigan, the DNR reports.

The American black bear is a medium-sized bear native to North America. It is the continent’s smallest and most widely distributed bear species. Black bears are omnivores with their diets ...

While rare in Martin, St. Lucie and Indian River counties, black bears are no strangers to the Treasure Coast. The FWC Publicly Reported Bear Sightings database shows one reported sighting in Florida ...

The large omnivores are pushing further south in the Lower Peninsula, which thousands now calling the region home. That means ...

Florida black bear once listed as threatened species The Florida black bear, a distinct subspecies of the American black bear, was listed as a threatened species as recently as 2012; the ...

Later on in summer, red raspberries ( a key fruit species for bears), choke cherries, scarlet elder berries, dogwood fruits and blackberries ripen. In September, American mountain-ash berries, black ...