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black bear
noun
: the common North American bear (Ursus americanus) ranging in color from brown or typical black to white
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In 2022, a black bear was spotted in Franklin and in 2005, a bear that had been frequenting backyards and a commercial area in Wauwatosa was tranquilized and relocated.
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Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 27 July 2025
Stock photograph showing a black bear foraging for food near a stream on May 18, 2024 in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025
The idea is to allow wildlife such as deer, otters, black bears and Florida panthers to move around the state’s ecosystems, instead of being trapped in isolated pockets of habitat, which can lead to inbreeding.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 29 June 2025
Its cedar, hemlock and Sitka spruce trees, many of them more than 800 years old, provide essential habitats for 400 species of wildlife, including bald eagles, salmon and the world’s greatest concentration of black bears.
—New York Times, 27 June 2025
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Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 27 July 2025
Stock photograph showing a black bear foraging for food near a stream on May 18, 2024 in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025
The idea is to allow wildlife such as deer, otters, black bears and Florida panthers to move around the state’s ecosystems, instead of being trapped in isolated pockets of habitat, which can lead to inbreeding.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 29 June 2025
Its cedar, hemlock and Sitka spruce trees, many of them more than 800 years old, provide essential habitats for 400 species of wildlife, including bald eagles, salmon and the world’s greatest concentration of black bears.
—New York Times, 27 June 2025
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“Black bear.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/black%20bear. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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