Well, this is one way to get rid of a beehive. But it’s not any kind of “pest control” I would recommend. In a recent Instagram video, a large black bear is seen destroying someone’s back deck to get at a beehive. The video was originally posted by…
Read MoreBlack bears and brown bears sometimes share the same territory, and because they can react very differently when encountered, it’s a good idea to be able to quickly determine which species you’re dealing with when hunting or hiking in bear country. Black bear vs brown bear seems easy…
Read MoreDo not try this at home. A man in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania got perilously close to a giant black bear that wandered into his yard recently—and a bystander caught the whole ordeal on camera. The video was posted on the private Instagram account @johnson2124 and later…
Read MoreHere’s something you don’t see every day. In March of 2021, a group of tourists at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee stumbled upon a scene worthy of a National Geographic documentary: A black bear attempting to take down a fully grown feral hog. Philip Talbot,…
Read MoreGrizzly bears and black bears occupy much of the same territory in North America, and the two species are known to be fierce competitors. As the one of the continent’s top predators, grizzlies will even prey on black bears when the proper conditions aline. Grizzly-on-black bear predation isn’t…
Read MoreOn Friday, August 11, an 82-year-old Colorado woman woke in the middle of the night to her dog barking and a bear barging into her mudroom. The 100-pound, cinnamon-phase black bear leaped at her and scratched her legs before escaping through a ripped screen window, Colorado Parks and…
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