The bear moves like a silhouette across the landscape ... what the Gitga'at call mooksgm'ol, the spirit bear, a walking contradiction—a white black bear. Neither albino nor polar bear, the ...

This photographer recently had a bear-y lucky encounter while fishing in British Columbia, Canada. Last October, Steven Rose came across a spirit bear — a rare white bear with an estimated 400 ...

A spirit bear has been spotted in Michigan for the first time. The one-in-a-million white-colored bear is considered a symbol of change for Indigenous peoples. Spirit bears are a type of black ...

It may look like a polar bear that has ventured too far south - but these once-in-a-lifetime photographs are of the extremely rare Spirit Bear. Once thought to exist only in Native American ...

Neasloss is the elected chief councillor of the Kitasoo/Xai'xais First Nation, and the co-author of a new study on the genome of the spirit bear, a.k.a. Kermode, a rare, white-furred variant of ...

A well-kept Upper Peninsula secret about white, “spirit” bears living in Michigan’s Northwoods has now become more widely known. An approximately 100-pound, white- and blonde-colored bear ...

cbc.ca #TheMoment B.C.'s elusive spirit bear emerged for a close-up photo shoot Posted: March 28, 2025 | Last updated: March 30, 2025 World-class wildlife photographer Paul Nicklen recounts the ...

Highly revered by locals, including First Nations groups, the Spirit Bear is one of the most unique animals you can see in Canada, perhaps even North America. Also known as the Kermode Bear ...