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For decades historians, scientists and journalists have claimed that Monarch the bear is pictured on the state flag. New research gets closer to the truth.

 

Forget what you were taught in elementary school about the supposed ravenous meat-eating grizzly bear: New research has found that California’s extinct bear was actually more of a vegetarian.

California's perception of the grizzly bear is wrong, according to new research. The grizzly bear was, for the most part, a vegetarian.

This wide-ranging list offers context for our rapidly changing world

Grizzly bears lived in California until the 1920s. UCSB's California Grizzly Research Network is exploring the idea of a reintroduction.

On Aug. 12, Dean Karnazes says he was attacked by a coyote while he was pulling out an energy bar from his backpack in the middle of a race

While the grizzly bear looms large in California lore, the animal was systematically...

On the 100th anniversary of the last shooting of a wild grizzly in the state, you’ve got to wonder why the bears we exterminated were made the symbol of the state.

In a new book, Peter Alagona examines how wild animals returned to urban habitats, and why coexistence is critical