The cub, which was just 1 month old when he was found, is the youngest bear the San Diego Humane Society has ever cared for.

Humane Society’s Project Wildlife team is currently caring for the youngest black bear cub the organization has ever taken in ...

An elderly man and his dog have died in a black bear attack in southwest Florida, officials said Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

Not anymore. The Florida black bear, a distinct subspecies of the American black bear, was listed as a threatened species from 1974 to 2012, when the population was considered recovered.

The Florida black bear, a distinct subspecies of the American black bear, was listed as a threatened species as recently as 2012. In the mid-1970s, the population had dwindled to about 500.