A white blaze is often present ... red raspberries ( a key fruit species for bears), choke cherries, scarlet elder berries, dogwood fruits and blackberries ripen. In September, American mountain-ash ...

By genus and species, it’s an American black bear. But if both parents (no matter their color) have the same mutation in a gene that affects pigment production, their offspring will have white fur.

The American black bear is a medium-sized bear native to North America. It is the continent’s smallest and most widely distributed bear species. Black bears are omnivores with their diets ...