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 ...

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, ...

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 ...