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 not on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New discoveries about the Andean bear language show that the species makes five distinct sounds during mating. Photograph by Lucas ...

A team of wildlife ecologists at Asociación para la Conservación de la Cuenca Amazónica, in Peru, working with a colleague from the Osa Conservation, in the U.S., has recorded four months of ...

Camera collar footage is unveiling the secret lives of Andean bears (Tremarctos ornatus), South America’s only surviving ursid. A wild Andean bear in Peru was caught eating soil or clay, courting ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Scientists captured the first-ever camera collar footage of wild Andean bears, revealing unprecedented behaviors, including canopy mating and ...

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In the Quechua culture of the Peruvian Andes, an ukuku is a demi-god character—half human, half Andean bear—that delivers ice from high-elevation glaciers to provide water to the surrounding towns.

The National Zoo’s rambunctious and charismatic 19-week-old Andean bear cubs have names. In a poll conducted on the Zoo’s website, fans elected to name Cub 1 Mayni [MY-nee], a moniker that in the ...

Until recently, the Andean bear—the only species of bear in South America, easily recognized by the light-colored markings that frame its face like glasses—was thought to be almost mute; there were ...