Plant material − not meat − accounts for about 85% of a black bear's diet, according to the National Parks Service. Bears are omnivores, meaning they eat both meat and plant matter. They ...

Plant material − not meat − accounts for about 85% of a black bear's diet, according to the National Parks Service. Bears are omnivores, meaning they eat both meat and plant matter.

The two bears headed straight for their food stores to enjoy snacking before heading back to their enclosure and falling ...

Two mischievous brown bears, Mish and Lucy, raided a cupboard and ate a week's worth of honey when they escaped from their ...

Two young bears at a wildlife park made a beeline for a week's supply of honey after staging an escape from their enclosure.

Ryan Hausman, 31, of Jim Thorpe, shot his fifth bear in five years on the final day of last year’s statewide archery season and looks forward to eating bear meat.

A "rare parasitic disease" known as trichinellosis sickened 10 people, including a 10-year-old, who ate undercooked bear meat during a gathering in North Carolina, the CDC says.

Two black bear experts share their advice for hunters who want to enjoy the meat from their trophy bruins. Here's what you need to know.

The North American mother black bear teaches her cubs how to find food at the coast. They need to be wary of the tides and other threats.

If you're going to eat a bear, make sure it's not rare. You'd be forgiven for thinking that once the beast has been subdued, all danger has passed. But you might still be in for a scare.