An Altadena homeowner who returned home after being evacuated from the Southern California ... of the bear was not an option,” the department noted. Adult male brown bears typically weigh ...

The grizzly, a subspecies of brown bear, has long held a place ... of the Royal Society B about the diet of the California grizzly bear and how that influenced its extinction.

“The California grizzly was not the beast of legend. It was a typical brown bear: average size, mostly vegetarian and genetically indistinguishable from grizzlies living today in Montana and Wyoming.

California's black bears are clever, resourceful and opportunistic. They eat anything and everything--fruits, nuts, insects, human food and pet food. They love bird feeders. They poach mountain lion ...

It’s been a century since the grizzly bear was hunted to extinction in California, leaving only its image, ironically, on the state flag. Estimating black bears’ numbers is a fraught exercise.

They are the only bear species in the state, and, despite the name, their fur ranges in color from blond to black. It’s been a century since the grizzly bear was hunted to extinction in California, ...