The level of SSD exhibited in
American black bears in eastern North America (77.3% of characters examined, between 6.6 and 17.0%) was similar to that reported for U.
Are
American Black Bears (Ursus americanus) legitimate seed dispersers for fleshy-fruited shrubs?
Throughout North America,
American black bear populations have been reduced from past historical records (Dickson, 2001; Pelton, 2001).
Specimens of the American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) and
American black bear (Ursus americanus) have been obtained in Webb County, Texas.
Summary: TEHRAN (FNA)- Several
American black bears, captured by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game after wandering a bit too close to human communities, have given researchers the opportunity to study hibernation in these large mammals like never before.
The Bear Family and Me (BBC2, 9pm) Gordon Buchanan, travels to Northern Minnesota to make friends with some
American black bears. Black bears have a fearsome reputation, but Buchanan tags along with expert and bear biologist Lynn Rogers, who chats amiably to female bear, Lily while feeding her grapes and treating her as a best pal.
on North
American black bears by Benjamin Kilham, author of "Among the Bears"; admission $10.
"The only bears we might see are
American black bears," he said.
Remarkably adaptable,
American black bears live in habitats as diverse as the rain forests of the Northwest and bayous of Louisiana.
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American black bears have been saved after spending 17 years in captivity in Zambia.
ACT, for its part, hopes to revive a recently extinct Spanish mountain goat within the year, then launch a panda cloning effort using North
American black bears as the surrogate species.
Now rangers estimate that poachers kill about 3,000
American black bears each year.