Polar bear stands with her two cubs on each side of her. Text on screen reads “polar bear week”

Polar bear stands with her two cubs on each side of her. Text on screen describes the photo and includes a fact about bears.

Male polar bear laying down on the snow. Text on screen shares a fact about males showing scars from fighting over mates.

It’s Polar Bear Week! 🐻‍❄️

Dr. Martyn Obbard is a long time IBA member whose field work focuses on #PolarBears and Black Bears.

Swipe through the slides to see Marty’s amazing photos from the field, as well as his insights about each one!
@martynobbard.bsky.social

#bearfacts #bearconservation

#NatureTalk #BearFacts- Fat Bear Week is upon us. Which of these big, beautiful chonkers will come out on top?
National Park ranger Katmai says: ‘A fat bear means it's a successful bear!’
- via The Torontonian Magazine 🇨🇦🍁
www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...

sun bear with tongue out and paw raised in the air. Photo by Peter Yuen

sun bear lounging on a tree branch. Photo by Siew Te Wong.

close up of hind paw of sun bear. Photo by Frank T. van Manen.

sun bear hides behind a tree, with head and front paws visible. Photo by Siew Te Wong.

Sun bears (Helarctos malayanus) are the smallest bear species, yet have the longest tongue of any bear, stretching up to 46cm!

Learn about #sunbears on IBA’s website: www.bearbiology.org/the-eight-be...

You can donate your bear photos to IBA here: forms.gle/nD6JqLhK58cP...
#bearresearch #bearfacts

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Canada is home to all 3 North American bear species: grizzly, black bear, and the rare spirit bear 🐻. Did you know they can smell you from 30km away? #ExploreCanada #BearFacts

Sunday Sketch: Grizzly Bear Grizzly bears have a large shoulder hump. This hump is where a mass of muscle is attached to their backbone, giving them the strength to dig into the ground to create their dens or search for food.…

Let sleeping bears lie. 🐻 Noah Hoffman @tiny.bear.tracks on Instagram created this beautiful linocut print of a bear. Learn some bear facts in the article!
#SciComm #BearFacts #LinoPrint #Printmaking #WildlifeArt #Bears #NatureEducation #SciArt #Art

When Brighton Zoological Gardens was closed in 1832, the animals were auctioned off in early 1833. Some months later a Bear’s Grease manufacturer in London was advertising the slaughter of and fresh grease from one of those bears. Commodified in life and death. #BearFacts #Arctoid

🐻 Bears don’t hibernate.
One joined the army. Another redecorated a house.
And they can outrun Usain Bolt.
7 bewildering bear facts from the 1930s-1950s Strange As It Seems archives:

🎥 Watch: Bears Don’t Hibernate!
👉 youtu.be/BJFW9pVZUOc

#StrangeAsItSeems #BearFacts #DidYouKnow #HistoryIsWeird

🐻 Bear Facts 🐻

Grizzly bears Cubs often stay with their mothers for 2 to 3 years. Grizzlies take longer to mature and learn survival skills, so they stick around longer.
#bearfacts

🐻🐾 Bear Facts - Medieval Times

Bears appeared on coats of arms and banners to symbolize bravery, strength, and fierce protection. Regions like Bern, Switzerland (whose name literally means “bear”) even used the bear as a city symbol—and still do today.
#BearFacts #BearLore #BearScrolls

🐻🌲Bear Facts 🐾🐻

Bears have great night vision – Their eyes have a special reflective layer called the tapetum lucidum, which helps them see better in the dark, similar to cats and dogs.
#bearfacts

🐻🍯Bear Facts!

Bears have an incredible sense of smell—better than dogs and even bloodhounds! A grizzly bear’s nose is so powerful that it can detect food up to 20 miles (32 km) away.
#Bears #BearLove #FuzzyFriends #WildAndCute #PawSome #bearfacts #funfact #wildlife

Spectacled Bear | National Geographic Get to know South America's only bear, found throughout the dense jungles of the Andes. Learn how the spectacled bear got its name.

Fun fact: The only type of bear native to Peru is the Spectacled Bear. Meanwhile, Aunt Lucy falls into the category of a bear with Spectacles.

www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mamm...

#paddington #bear #bearfacts #warmandcozy #channelinghallmark

TOO true. #bearfacts #wow

All bears call each other "Bear" by default. Like saying "Hey bud", except bear.

#BearFacts

Spite is more powerful than love. #BearFacts

Smart dogs need more attention. #BearFacts

Great Auks (the OG penguins) went extinct mid-19th C, so polar bears (Ursus maritimus) haven't seen a penguin since then. #bearfacts

Antarctic means “opposite to the North” or “so-not-beary”. Both are correct. #bearfacts (PS: thus two c's)

The Arctic’s so named not because it has bears but because of the northern constellations Ursa Major and Ursa Minor. #bearfacts

“Ursus” is Latin for bear, “arktos/ἄρκτος” is Greek; so the brown bear is _Ursus arctos_. (mixed Latin/Greek is fine) #bearfacts

Oh no, I have more #bearfacts to share, but it's late zzzzz

Mr Curry is the name of the grumpy neighbour in the original PADDINGTON books; in the 1989 TV show he's voiced by Tim Curry. #bearfacts