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Explore the effects of human activity on black bear and ferret populations in Asia and North America
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black bear: Media

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A wildlife filmmaker's close encounters with black bears
Filming Alaska's black bears (Ursus americanus) in their natural habitat.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
Explore the effects of human activity on black bear and ferret populations in Asia and North America
Learn how human activity has caused some animal populations—such as those of black...
Video: © MinuteEarth (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Visit the Yosemite National Park and see the park's main attraction, the black bears
Overview of Yosemite National Park, east-central California, with a discussion of...
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz

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black bear (Ursus americanus)
American black bear (Ursus americanus).
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Geographic ranges of living species of bears
Geographic ranges of the eight living species of bears.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Kenny Chmielewski
black bear (Ursus americanus)
The black bear (Ursus americanus) is also called the American black bear.
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Adult female black bear (Ursus americanus) with young
Born blind, fully furred, and toothless, black bear cubs (Ursus americanus)...
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black bear (Ursus americanus) with young
Black bears (Ursus americanus) are not territorial. They are mostly solitary,...
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black bear (Ursus americanus)
Population studies estimate that some 850,000 to 900,000 black bears (Ursus americanus)...
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American black bear
American black bears (Ursus americanus) are found throughout North America...
Leonard Lee Rue III
black bear
Black bear (Ursus americanus).
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