Some have different patches of color, such as a white blaze on the chest or lighter colored muzzles. ... California’s black bear population is robust and has increased over the past 25 years.

About Bears in Southern California . Black bears, which can have different color coats, like to feed on plants, insects, nuts, berries and whatever else they think of as edible -- such as the ...

California Bears California black bear. (Courtesy photo) Q: I live in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, and a neighbor of mine said she’s seen ...

Wildlife experts estimate California’s wild black bear population at 30,000 to 35,000, up from about 15,000 in the early 1980s. Black bears are powerfully built, large carnivores.

Bears live on all major land masses of the world, except Africa, Australia and Antarctica. Only Black bears now live in California. The last Brown bear in California was shot in the 1920's. It's ...

Ranger arrived at the zoo in 1997 and helped visitors better understand black bears that roam California and sometimes enter foothill communities. A 25-year-old black bear at the Los Angeles Zoo ...

The actual reason for these different color phases isn’t known, but there are several plausible theories. The darker black bears are better camouflaged in our deep East Coast woods.