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 ...

Among Cape Dorset people there was only one explanation: Niviaksiak’s art had probed too near, had offended the spirit of the great polar bear. Today half of Cape Dorset’s income derives from ...

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 ...

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 ...

What brought us to this remote corner of Canada is the spirit bear -- "Canada's panda" -- black bears with white fur because of a genetic variation. With no more than 500 of them on Earth ...

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 ...

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 ...