Definition of black bear
: the common North American bear (Ursus americanus) ranging in color from brown or typical black to white
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Take a look at a 1926 photograph at the High Museum of Art here, showing a 6-year-old child named Christopher Robin posing at the London Zoo with an uncaged black bear named Winnie.
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But cougars and black bears also have been spotted within our borders.
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Food is scarce in early spring when black bears emerge from winter dens, so the animals strip the bark of trees to eat newly formed wood underneath.
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The black bear spotted and captured Sunday in a Pinetop-Lakeside neighborhood had been to that same area before.
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During the competition, students had to answer such questions as whether a map of the U.S. shows homelessness or the literacy rate, the range of the black bear or a ponderosa pine, and ferry boardings versus minimum wage.
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The mother saw the black bear dragging her daughter and began screaming, causing the bear to drop the girl.
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But as climate change leads to warmer winters, later falls and earlier springs — which can disrupt both food supplies and biological rhythms — American black bears are changing their hibernation routines, scientists say.
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Here, a joyous catalog teems with life, both familiar like the American black bear and African lion and unfamiliar like the Amazon River dolphin and Senegal galago.
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BLACK BEAR Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of black bear for English Language Learners
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: a North American bear that usually has black fur
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