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N.C. State: Young Female Black Bears in Asheville, North Carolina, Are Big, Have Cubs Early
September 10, 2021
RALEIGH, North Carolina, Sept. 10 (TNSJou) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release:

Black bears (Ursus americanus) reproduced at a younger age in urban areas and were nearly twice the size of bears in national forests shortly after their first birthday, researchers from North Carolina State University and the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission found in a new study.

Published in the Journal of Mammalogy, the study of the reproduction and size . . .

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