EAST LAKE, N.C. (WNCT) — Every year, the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge sends out a photo of what they think is the largest black bear living on the refuge. They said the North ...

A mother black bear and her four cubs were captured on home surveillance exploring a backyard in Asheville, North Carolina. The footage shows the cubs playing and climbing trees as they follow ...

This year’s bear was nicknamed ‘The Big One’. According to the refuge, this bear is a North American Black Bear and the only bear species found in North Carolina. They can grow up to 700 pounds.

A Weaverville man was taken to the ER in July after encountering a bear on his front porch. Officials warn about the dangers ...

A North Carolina man decided to take a more creative approach to tackling a persistent bear problem in his backyard by putting on a cartoony bear costume and, somehow, successfully scaring the ...

Yes, after 10 award-winning years known as the North Carolina Black Bear Festival, the celebration of the shaggy-haired mammal is now the country’s premier celebration of these native creatures ...

It was a perfect example of eastern North Carolina’s bounty of bear country—5,400 acres of private lands that border the 15,000-acre Cedar Island National Wildlife Refuge.

According to the National Park Service, American black bears, aka Ursus americanus, are the most common and widely distributed species of bears in North America. It is the smallest of three bear ...

A man in North Carolina dressed up as a bear to scare off a black bear on his property. Rodney Clark via ViralHog The costume more closely resembled something that would be used as a college mascot.