After two years at a wildlife center in California, she moved to her permanent home of Black Beauty Ranch, where she now weighs a healthy 160 pounds, in 2019.
Once thought to be wiped out in Missouri, black bears are seeing a renaissance in the state. The Post-Dispatch caught up with a bear biologist to learn more.
It’s been an un-bear-ably exciting week as five Florida black bear cubs who were rehabilitated in part by our Zoo were released to their natural range.
In a world where war and disaster dominates headlines, the natural world survives and even thrives. AP photographers document it, often spotting beauty even while covering death and destruction.