Up t 6 feet long and 475 pounds. Berries, plants, insects, carrion, smaller animals, honey, garbage.
Females produce litters every other year, usually giving birth to twins.
The first time I saw black bear in the wild was when I was seven years old. My family was vacationing in the Great Smokey Mountains when we came upon a mother and her cub. She chased the cub up a tree and stood her ground. The beauty and power of those creatures filled me with a holy and overwhelming sense of awe. The awe remains still.