California was taken by war, treaty, and blood—but was it a rescue or a theft? This episode dives into Manifest Destiny, the Mexican-American War, and modern fallout. In the 1840s, America had its eye ...

How Did The California Grizzly Bear Go Extinct? In the 1700s, more and more people began to populate the state of California. This drove the need for land up, inevitably leading to humans stepping ...

One hundred years after the last grizzly bear was killed in California, a new study suggests the Golden State could realistically accommodate more than 1,000 of the endangered bears in its rugged and ...

Back in the days of the Gold Rush, thousands of grizzly bears used to roam the California wilderness. Now the only place they can be found is on the state flag. There are still bears in Golden ...

Although extinct California grizzlies upped their meat consumption following European colonization and agricultural expansion, they were mostly veggie and smaller than what historical sources claim.

LOS ANGELES — Grizzly bears are extinct in California but still show up everywhere you look. The golden bruins emblazon the state flag and seal, live on in cartoonish effigy as university ...

Prominently featured on the Golden State’s flag is the California grizzly bear which first appeared on the Bear Flag Revolt banner hoisted in June 1846 at a Mexican outpost in Sonoma.

California wildlife regulators won’t be banning black bear hunting this year. In a 3-0 vote Thursday, the Fish and Game Commission, which sets California hunting regulations, rejected a request ...

A grizzly bear stands on a rock overlooking Glacier National Park in Montana. The bear's range in North America has been significantly reduced over the past century.

Extinct Cave Bear DNA Found in Living Bears The discovery is the first of its kind outside the human lineage.

Fat Bear Week, here we come.There are still bears in Golden State, but only black bears. Grizzly bears vanished from the state in the 1920s after decades of habitat loss and eradication by humans. Now ...