The black bear has a short, inconspicuous tail ... The eyes are small and dark. Both front and hind feet have five toes, each with a large claw. A white blaze is often present on the throat or chest.

dug her front claws into the bark of my stand tree, and scaled 7 feet up almost instantly. You’d think an animal as heavy as a black bear, even a smallish one, would shinny and fumble a bit ...

A grizzly old time is being had at the Ohio zoo as staff tend to a newborn sloth bear and drum up help for what to name her.