Lack of adequate food resources has been shown to have a direct negative effect on female reproductive rates ... mi) ranges that females (24-50 sq. mi). North American densities vary from one black ...

The filmmakers behind The Americas worked with scientists who had been tracking a female bear and knew ... The Louisiana ...

Black bear mating season takes place during the summer, but embryos do not begin to develop until the mother bear enters her den. Cubs are born in the middle of the winter denning period, usually ...

The American black bear is the smallest of our three bears ... but occasionally they can have as many as six cubs at once. After mating, the female, called a sow, doesn’t become pregnant right ...

By genus and species, it’s an American black bear ... As in all bear species, fertilized embryos delay implantation in the female’s uterus. If a sow isn’t vigorous enough to sustain a ...

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries welcomes three black bear cubs into the world after conservation efforts. See the cubs here.

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 ...