ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 6 (UPI) -- Residents of the Anchorage, Alaska, area say black and brown bears have been seen walking around this week, nearly a month before the usual end of hibernation.
NEW YORK, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. wildlife scientists say black bears living near urban areas weigh more, become pregnant at a younger age and are more likely to die violent deaths.
STONEHAM, Mass., Feb. 11 (UPI) -- The Stone Zoo in Stoneham, Mass., announced Monday the building of a $750,000 habitat to house two 250-pound black bears this spring.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va., Nov. 21 (UPI) -- West Virginia University and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources say they're using GPS technology to study black bears.
HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 18 (UPI) -- Pennsylvania Game Commission officials said this year's black bear season, which opens Monday, is likely to produce some exceptionally large bears.
CHANGCHUN, China, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Six black bears attacked and ate their keeper Monday in Changchun, China, a report said.
TOKYO, June 8 (UPI) -- Asiatic black bears attacked 111 Japanese in 2004, nearly twice as many as in the previous year, the Mainichi Shimbun reported Wednesday. The number of the bears caught near residential areas reached 2,234 in the last year, Environmental Ministry official
NEW YORK, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- A new study reveals black bears living in and around urban areas are up to a third less active and weigh up to 30 percent more than bears living in the wild.
