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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Bear Lake buckwheat, an extremely rare subspecies of plant that only grows on a tiny sliver of land in Southern California, may soon be protected.

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

Before the grizzly adorned the California state flag, the bear was used in a publicity stunt to sell newspapers. That's where Monarch comes in.

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 ...