Gloves, a fur coat and a bear mask. This outfit might sound like avant-garde fashion, but it’s actually the uniform of caretakers at the San Diego Humane Society who are raising an orphaned black bear ...

Think you're going above and beyond at work? Think again. Employees at the San Diego Humane Society are wearing bear costumes to tend to a cub that came into the organization's care last month. The ...

In this photo provided by San Diego Humane Society, an employee wears a costume while interacting with a bear cub, which was found alone in Los Padres National Forest, bottom left, at the San Diego ...

A tiny black bear cub was crying alone in the California woods, his mother nowhere in sight. He was less than two months old and weighed about three pounds. Campers in Los Padres National Forest found ...

At a wildlife center in San Diego, caretakers of a black bear cub are using extraordinary measures to keep him from becoming reliant on humans, including donning masks and vintage fur coats. By ...

It’s not Halloween, but some people are suiting up as bears for a serious reason. KPBS North County reporter Alexander Nguyen shares the story behind a wildlife rehab team caring for a bear cub — ...

Autumn Welch dons a fur coat, leather gloves and a bear mask for work these days, then enters an enclosure to feed and fawn over a 12-pound (5.4 kg) black bear cub who she hopes will consider her ...