The Andean bear is also known as the spectacled bear because of the rings of light or white fur around the eyes, which often look like glasses when set against the bear’s dark fur. While it’s ...

SOUTH BEND ― Muniri, a male Andean bear, made his first public appearance Wednesday at Potawatomi Zoo. And he already started drawing a crowd once word got out that he could be seen by the public.

The Andean bear’s language of love. This discovery was part of a study published in the Mexican Journal of Biodiversity in January. Between 2020 and 2021, a team of researchers hid camera traps ...

SOUTH BEND ― Muniri, a male Andean bear, made his first public appearance Wednesday at Potawatomi Zoo. And he already started drawing a crowd once word got out that he could be seen by the ...

Andean bears are native to the Tropical Andes and the last species in the short faced bear genus. For more information on The Potawatomi Zoo, you can visit PotawatomiZoo.Org.

A wild Andean bear in Peru was caught eating soil or clay, ... Even though the bears are deep brown or black with bright spectacled faces and can weigh up to 340 pounds, ...

Andean Bear Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. Click to open image viewer. ... Ursidae,Order: Carnivora,Class: Mammalia,Phylum: Chordata,Kingdom: Animalia,Andean ...

Andean bears originally came to the Salisbury Zoo in the 1980’s. Raymi and Inti’s mother, Chaska, 14, still resides at the Salisbury Zoo. Their father, Pinocchio, 11, ...

The Andean bear is also known as the spectacled bear because of the rings of light or white fur around the eyes, which often look like glasses when set against the bear’s dark fur. While it’s ...