After years of extinction in California, the state could have a roadmap to reintroduce the grizzly bear by 2028 through ...

More than a century after humans wiped them out, California's grizzly bears may be getting a second chance, as lawmakers ...

More than a century after the rare subspecies disappeared from California, the state is weighing a controversial ...

Enshrined on the California state flag is the grizzly bear, a figure of a bygone era, because the animal has had no presence in the state for over 100 years. California legislators are hoping to ...

A Yellowstone grizzly bear with a cub. (Frank van Manen/U.S. Geological Survey photo) SB 1305 would require California to study the feasibility of reintroducing grizzly bears. Lawmakers question ...

Lawmakers are weighing a proposal to study bringing grizzly bears back to California, but questions about wildlife agency capacity and growing predator conflicts could complicate the effort. This week ...

Five sheriffs dressed in formal uniforms stood in line behind a microphone on Tuesday afternoon, April 7, waiting inside Room ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – Despite being an iconic California symbol, the grizzly bear has been practically extinct in the state for a century now. A new student-led film premiering at the Santa ...

When California’s now-iconic bear flag was introduced in the mid-1800s, there were an estimated 10,000 grizzlies statewide. When that flag was officially adopted in 1911, grizzly bears were ...

Two California state flags flying along with the national flag of the United States of America. In the background there is a clear sky. The flag depicts a walking bear and a five-pointed red star© ...