Black Bear

A black bear (Ursus americanus). Once on the edge of extinction in Arkansas, they numbered over 5,000 in the state by 2025.

Black bear sitting upright

Courtesy of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, photograph by Mike Bender

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