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Polar bears waiting for Hudson Bay to freeze
Learn about young male polar bears testing their strength.
Polar bear triplets' first steps into the Arctic
Polar bear cubs leaving their den for the first time.
Watch a wolf and bear interact in Russia's coniferous forests
A brown bear protecting its food cache from wolves.
Latitude, longitude, and the prime meridian explained
A female polar bear taking her cubs to the sea to search for food in the Canadian...
See a desperately hungry polar bear hunting for fish due to scarcity of food in the Russian Arctic
With food in short supply, a polar bear hunting for fish in the Russian Arctic.
Visit the Yosemite National Park and see the park's main attraction, the black bears
Overview of Yosemite National Park, east-central California, with a discussion of...
Images
Jasper National Park: grizzly bear
Grizzly bear in Jasper National Park, western Alberta, Canada.
© Photofellow/Fotolia
Geographic ranges of living species of bears
Geographic ranges of the eight living species of bears.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Kenny Chmielewski
giant panda
Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) feeding in a bamboo forest, Sichuan...
Wolfshead—Ben Osborne/Ardea London
polar bears on an ice floe in Norway
Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) on an ice floe in Norway.
© hperry/stock.adobe.com
spectacled bear
The spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus) of South America's Andes Mountains...
Werner Layer/Bruce Coleman Ltd.
sun bear (Helarctos malayanus)
Sun bears (Helarctos malayanus) inhabit Southeast Asia and the Indonesian...
Anthony Mercieca—Root Resources/EB Inc.
sloth bear
Sloth bears (Melursus ursinus) are primarily found in India, and their geographic...
Bucky Reeves—The National Audubon Society Collection/Photo Researchers
Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus)
The range of the Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus) extends from southern...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
American black bear
American black bears (Ursus americanus) are found throughout North America...
Leonard Lee Rue III
Kodiak bear
Kodiak bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi) in Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge,...
Steve Hillebrand—Alaska Region Library/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Kodiak bear
The Kodiak bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi) can weigh up to 720 kg (1,600...
© Pavel Plotnic/Shutterstock.com
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