the spirit bear, a walking contradiction—a white black bear. Neither albino nor polar bear, the spirit bear (also known as the Kermode bear) is a white variant of the North American black bear ...

he caused every 10th black bear to be white. The formal name is Kermode bear. Locals call them ghost, or spirit, bears, and some believe they’re sacred or supernatural creatures. There is ...

Found primarily in the aforementioned Great Bear Rainforest on Canada’s north and central coast, spirit bears – also referred to as Kermode bears – are actually a white-furred variant of a ...

Just leave the white ones alone." Man Captures Photo of Rare Spirit Bear in Canada Where Only 400 of Its Kind Exist It is unclear how many "spirit" moose are in the region, but wildlife ...

The rare “spirit bear”, revered by the Canadian First Nations people who have lived among them for thousands of years, symbolises the unspoilt 65,000-square-kilometre Great Bear Rainforest ...

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, these creamy-white animals are, in fact, Kermode bears ...

The spirit bear is a rarity – a black bear with recessive genes that give it a creamy white coat. Its other name, ‘ghost bear’, reflects its elusiveness. Paul encountered this individual in September, ...