What color is a black bear?

Black is the most common color, but these bears can also be chocolate, cinnamon, blonde, white, and bluish gray. The black bear is the smallest of north American bears. Typically, an adult will weigh between 200 and 300 pounds. read more

Honey, resident female black bear at the North American Bear Center, (1996-2016), was cinnamon colored. She came from captive stock of unknown origin but likely has roots in the west. Some non-black black bears bleach in the sun. New dark brown fur can bleach to nearly blond by the time it is shed the next summer. read more

Black bears in southeast Alaska are indeed usually black, or black-ish, but in other parts of the state they can be brown, cinnamon, and even white! Brown bears are usually the bigger of the two, growing up to 1,500 pounds. read more