For many, seeing a spirit bear is a life-changing experience—an encounter with the sublime that lingers in memory. Through art and storytelling, the spirit bear has become an ambassador for ...

The formal name is Kermode bear. Locals call them ghost, or spirit, bears, and some believe they’re sacred or supernatural creatures. There is science, not just folklore, behind several of the ...

A well-kept Upper Peninsula secret about white, “spirit” bears living in Michigan’s Northwoods has now become more widely known. An approximately 100-pound, white- and blonde-colored bear ...

A genetically rare black bear with white fur – often called a “spirit bear” – has been living in the wilds of the western Upper Peninsula. An approximately 100-pound male bear with blonde ...

A spirit bear has been spotted in Michigan for the first time. The one-in-a-million white-colored bear is considered a symbol of change for Indigenous peoples. Spirit bears are a type of black ...

Neasloss is the elected chief councillor of the Kitasoo/Xai'xais First Nation, and the co-author of a new study on the genome of the spirit bear, a.k.a. Kermode, a rare, white-furred variant of ...

Now to be clear, the “spirit bear” is not an albino bear. Rather, it’s a subspecies of black bears that just so happen to have white or creamy fur. Their rare color also comes with brown eyes, white ...

It harbours all kinds of wondrous creatures, of which the most striking is surely the spirit bear, says Oliver Berry in the Financial Times. Long thought to be cousins of the polar bear ...