Black bears can eat up to 45 pounds of food a day when forage is abundant ... Most “nuisance bear” complaints are caused by food-based attractants like bird seed and trash. Joe / Adobe Stock “Out of ...

After the county enacted strict new rules on residential garbage, Seminole saw a sharp decrease in human-bear encounters last ...

Adirondack black bears eat a wide variety of foods ... Some hungry bears will seek out landfills, garbage cans, or public campsites as alternative sources of food. Many humans are intolerant of bears ...

One of North Carolina’s bears was caught in the act of eating trash on Wednesday, after it got stuck in a garbage truck headed to the landfill, according to the Windsor/Bertie County Chamber of ...

The area Master Naturalists visited the Piedmont Arts Guild to share the dos and don'ts when dealing with black bears.

A second black bear ... The bear has been making himself comfortable, lounging by the pool during the day and bringing food back to the crawl space from neighbors’ trash at night, said homeowner ...