Brown Bear - San Diego Zoo Animals & Plants
Adult brown bears are not quite as comfortable in trees as their panda, black, sun, and sloth bear relatives, although brown bear cubs are encouraged to climb for safety. Brown bears have a large hump of muscle on top of their shoulders, and grizzly bears have the most distinctive hump of all.
Bears - Monterey Zoo
There are eight species of bears distributed across the world. Monterey Zoo houses four California Black Bears. Although they may appear brown, brown is simply a color variation of the black bear in the United States.
Polar Bear - San Diego Zoo Animals & Plants
Polar bears have no natural enemies. Strong, ferocious, intelligent, and patient hunters, they top the food chain in the Arctic, where they dine primarily on seals. The bears can remain motionless for hours above a seal's breathing hole in the ice, just waiting for a seal to pop up.
Grizzly Bear - San Diego Zoo
Brown bears in interior North America are known as grizzly bears, because their brown fur is tipped with white or tan; the word grizzly means sprinkled or streaked with gray. Today, the Zoo is home to two grizzly bear brothers, Scout and Montana.
Sun Bear - San Diego Zoo Animals & Plants
Small but mighty: The sun bear is the smallest of the world's eight bear species, about half the size of the American black bear. Its common name comes from the white or yellowish crescent marking on its chest, which many people think looks like the rising or setting sun.
Brown Bear - Indianapolis Zoo
The Brown bear, also called a grizzly bear, is famous for their large size—and their appetite! See our brown bears in Forests at the Indy Zoo.
Bears - Little Rock Zoo
Bears are iconic mammals belonging to the family Ursidae, characterized by their large bodies, stocky build, and plantigrade stance. These magnificent creatures are found across various habitats in North America, Europe, Asia, and parts of South America.
Grizzly Bear - Detroit Zoo
Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) Two brother grizzly bears, Boo and Thor, currently call the Detroit Zoo home. Boo and Thor — along with their late brother, Mike (2011-2024) — were rescued in 2011 after being orphaned in the Alaskan wild. They later moved to the Detroit Zoo, where they grew and thrived.
American Black Bear - Lincoln Park Zoo
American black bears are the smallest bear species in North America, averaging 5–6 feet long, 3 feet tall at the shoulder, and up to 600 pounds in weight. Despite their name, they come in many colors, including shades of brown and even grayish-blue and white.
Andean Bear - Philadelphia Zoo
The most herbivorous of all bear species, the Andean bear (or the spectacled bear) feeds primarily on fruit, grasses, berries, and sugar cane, with a very small amount of live prey. Only about 4% of its diet is animal matter.