Now to be clear, the “spirit bear” is not an albino bear. Rather, it’s a subspecies of black bears that just so happen to have white or creamy fur. Their rare color also comes with brown eyes, white ...

This marks only the fifth time a “spirit bear” has been confirmed outside of British Columbia, which means this Michigan animal is genetically a one-in-a-million bear, according to the ...

Safe and secure for now, the spirit bear recently gained additional protection when British Columbia made it an offense of up to $104,000 ($100,000 Canadian) to shoot a white bear anywhere in the ...

They are found only in British Columbia, where estimates of their ... then travelled for two hours by boat to the Spirit Bear Lodge, on Swindle Island, which supports a remote First Nations ...

A travel writer visiting Spirit Bear Lodge in British Columbia experienced a close encounter with a grizzly bear she “still can’t believe” happened. Sarah Sekula was on a six-day tour at the ...

Hidden deep in the forests of British Columbia lives a bear so rare, most people don’t even know it exists. In this episode, we track the elusive spirit bear - also known as the ghost bear - a ...

There are only about 100 spirit bears in the world, according to the North American Bear Center. Most of them live in a couple of islands along the coast of British Columbia in Canada: Princess ...

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 ...

This marks only the fifth time a “spirit bear” has been confirmed outside of British Columbia, which means this Michigan animal is genetically a one-in-a-million bear, according to the ...

It's not every day that one catches a photo of an extremely rare species, especially in Michigan. Yet an individual in the Upper Peninsula caught a glimpse of a rare white "spirit bear" on their ...