bear Bears are carnivoran mammals of the family Ursidae. They are classified as caniforms, or doglike carnivorans. Although only eight species of bears are extant, they are widespread, appearing in a wide variety of habitats throughout the Nor ...

is a carnivoran mammal of the family ''Ursidae''. Bear or Bears may also refer to:

Places

Bear (barony) Bear (or Bere; ga, Béarra) is a barony in the most westerly part of County Cork, Ireland. It comprises approximately two thirds of the Beara peninsula from the western tip along the whole northern shore part of Bantry bay to Glengariff. The re ...

, County Cork, Ireland * Bear, Arkansas, United States, an unincorporated place *

Bear, Delaware Bear is a census-designated place (CDP) in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. The population was 19,371 at the 2010 census. Originally a small crossroads in a rural area, approximately south of Wilmington, the area supported small fa ...

, United States, a census-designated place *

Bear, Idaho Bear is an unincorporated community in Adams County in the U.S. state of Idaho. The community is located northwest of Council A council is a group of people who come together to consult, deliberate, or make decisions. A council may functi ...

, United States, an unincorporated place * Bear Brook (disambiguation) * Bear Cave, Romania * Bear Creek (disambiguation) * Bear Island (disambiguation) *

Bear Mountain (disambiguation) Bear Mountain may refer to: Mountains * Bear Mountain (Seward, Alaska), in the Kenai Mountains * Bear Mountain (Kern County, California), located in the Tehachapi Mountains * Bear Mountain (Santa Clara County, California), located in the Diablo R ...

* Bear River (disambiguation) *

Bear Seamount The Bear Seamount is a guyot or flat-topped underwater volcano in the Atlantic Ocean. It is the oldest of the New England Seamounts, which was active more than 100 million years ago. It was formed when the North American Plate moved over the New ...

, an underwater volcano in the Atlantic Ocean *

Bears, Friesland Bears or Beers is a small village in the Dutch province of Friesland.''VUGA's Alfabetische Plaatsnamengids van Nederland'' (13th edition), VUGA, 1997. It is located in the municipality Leeuwarden, about 8 km southwest of Leeuwarden.''ANWB Topo ...

, Netherlands, a village

People

* Bear (surname), any of several people with this family name * Bear (nickname), any of several people nicknamed "Bear" or "the Bear" *

Bear McCreary Bear McCreary (born February 17, 1979) is an American musician and composer of film, television, and video game scores based in Los Angeles, California. His work includes the scores of the television series ''Battlestar Galactica'' (2004), ''Age ...

(born 1979), an American musician *

Bear Pascoe McKenna Sean "Bear" Pascoe (born February 23, 1986) is a former American football tight end. He was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the sixth round of the 2009 NFL Draft. He played college football at Fresno State. Early life Born and r ...

(born 1986), former American football tight end *

Bear Rinehart William Stanley "Bear" Rinehart III (born September 6, 1980; also known by the stage name Wilder Woods) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist who is a founding member and lead singer of the rock band, Needtobreathe. In 2019, he ann ...

(born 1980), American singer

Arts, entertainment, and media

Characters

* Bear, the main character from the TV series ''

Bear in the Big Blue House ''Bear in the Big Blue House'' is an American children's television series created by Mitchell Kriegman and produced by Jim Henson Television for Disney Channel's Playhouse Disney preschool television block. Debuting on October 20, 1997, it aire ...

'' * Bear, a character from the TV series ''

WordWorld ''WordWorld'' (also sometimes referred to as ''Word World'') is an American children's CGI animated television series that is based on the books and the wooden puzzles of the same name. ''WordWorld'' debuted on PBS Kids and was created by Don Mo ...

'' *Bear, a ''Railway Series'' character * Bear, a character from ''.hack'', a multimedia franchise * The Bear (''Bo' Selecta!''), a comic character created by Leigh Francis *King Bear, recurring character in the ''

Tara Duncan ''Tara Duncan'' (full name Tara'tylanhnem T'al Barmi Ab Santa Ab Maru T'al Duncan) is the heroine of the eponymous series of bestselling novels in French written by Sophie Audouin-Mamikonian. Tara Duncan is a young girl who discovers she has st ...

'' book series who is ruler of the magical kingdom/realm Lancovit on the planet Otherworld.

Films

* ''Bear'' (2010 film), a US natural horror film * ''Bear'' (2011 film), a black comedy short film by Nash Edgerton * ''Bears'' (film), a 2014 Disneynature film * ''The Bear'' (1938 film), a Soviet drama film * ''The Bear'' (1984 film), an American biopic about football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant * ''The Bear'' (1988 film), a French adventure-drama * ''The Bear'' (1998 film), a British animated television short * ''The Bear'' (2012 film), an Iranian film (original release ''Khers'')

Literature

* ''Bear'' (novel), by Marian Engel * ''The Bear'' (fairy tale) * ''The Bear'' (play), by Anton Chekhov * "The Bear", a short story by William Faulkner from ''Go Down, Moses'' * ''The Bear'', a children's book by

Raymond Briggs Raymond Redvers Briggs (18 January 1934 – 9 August 2022) was an English illustrator, cartoonist, graphic novelist and author. Achieving critical and popular success among adults and children, he is best known in Britain for his 1978 story ...

* ''The Bear'', a novel by Claire Cameron * ''The Bear'', a novel by

Andrew Krivak Andrew Krivák is an American novelist. His debut novel, '' The Sojourn'' (2011) was nominated for the National Book Award for Fiction, won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and was well received critically. He also wrote a memoir about his time in ...

Music

* The Bears (band), an American power pop band formed in 1985 ** ''The Bears'' (album), 1987 * Symphony No. 82 (Haydn), popularly known as the Bear Symphony * ''The Bear'' (album), by Element Eighty

Radio stations

CFBR-FM CFBR-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting an active rock format at 100.3 FM in Edmonton, Alberta. The station uses its on-air brand name ''100.3 The Bear'' and is owned by Bell Media. History The station was launched in 1951 by Sunwapta ...

, "100.3 The Bear", Edmonton, Alberta, Canada *

CKNL-FM CKNL-FM is a Canadian radio station that broadcasts an adult hits format at 101.5 FM in Fort St. John, British Columbia. The station is branded as ''Bounce 101.5'' and is owned by Bell Media. The station originally began broadcasting June 20, 1 ...

, "101.5 The Bear", Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada *

CKQB-FM CKQB-FM (106.9 FM, ''Jump! 106.9'') is a radio station licensed to Ottawa, Ontario. Owned by Corus Entertainment, it broadcasts a Top 40/CHR format. CKQB's studios are located at 1504 Merivale Road in Nepean along with sister station CJOT-FM, w ...

in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (CKQB-FM identified as "106.9 The Bear" from 1994–2009 and 2011–2014) *

CKRX-FM CKRX-FM is a Canadian radio station that broadcasts an adult hits format at 102.3 FM in Fort Nelson, British Columbia. The station is branded as '' Bounce 102.3'' and is owned by Bell Media. The station originally began broadcasting on Novembe ...

, "102.3 The Bear", Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada *

KQBR KQBR (99.5 FM, "Lonestar 99-5") is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Lubbock, Texas, United States, and broadcasting on FM frequency 99.5 MHz, The station is currently under ownership of Townsquare Media ...

, Texas, United States *

Touch FM (Stratford-upon-Avon) 102 Touch FM was an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting to the town of Stratford-upon-Avon and much of the counties of Warwickshire, Worcestershire, The Cotswolds and the surrounding area in the south of the English Midlands. History T ...

also known as The Bear 102, Stratford-upon-Avon, England *

WBRW WBRW (105.3 FM) is an active rock formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Blacksburg, Virginia, serving the New River Valley. WBRW used to be owned and operated by Cumulus Media. On September 6, 2018, Cumulus Media announced it would sell i ...

, Virginia, United States *

WBYR WBYR (98.9 FM), branded as 98.9 The Bear, is a radio station licensed to Woodburn, Indiana with studios in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The station broadcasts an active rock format. WBYR is owned by Federated Media. History WBYR was the former WERT- ...

, Indiana, United States *

WEKS WEKS (92.5 FM; "The Bear 92.5") is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Zebulon, Georgia, with studios in downtown Fayetteville, Georgia, United States. The station is currently owned by the Georgia Radio Alliance, ...

, "The Bear 92.5", Zebulon, Georgia, United States *

WNBB WNBB (97.9 FM) is a radio station airing a classic country music format. Licensed to Bayboro, North Carolina Bayboro is a town in Pamlico County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,263 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat ...

, Bayboro, North Carolina, United States

Other arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Bear'' (comics), by Jamie Smart *"Bear", a 1984 TV ad known for its "

bear in the woods "Bear", a television commercial known for and often referred to by its opening line "There is a bear in the woods", was created for the 1984 U.S. presidential campaign of Republican Party candidate Ronald Reagan. The commercial featured a griz ...

" line, for presidential candidate Ronald Reagan * "Bears", an episode of the television series ''

Zoboomafoo ''Zoboomafoo'' is a live-action/animated children's television series that originally aired on PBS from January 25, 1999, to June 7, 2001. It was formerly shown in public television (depending on the area) and was regularly shown on Sprout unti ...

'' * ''The Bear'' (opera), by William Walton * ''The Bear'' (TV series), a 2022 television series on FX on Hulu

Brands and enterprises

Bear (St. Paul's Churchyard) Paternoster Row was a street in the City of London that was a centre of the London publishing trade, with booksellers operating from the street. Paternoster Row was described as "almost synonymous" with the book trade. It was part of an area cal ...

, a historical bookseller in London * Bear Inn, Cowbridge, Wales * The Bear, Oxford, England *

Microsoft Bear Some of Microsoft's early products included hidden Easter eggs. Microsoft formally stopped including Easter eggs in its programs as part of its Trustworthy Computing Initiative in 2002. Windows Windows 1.0, 2.0 and 2.1 all include an East ...

, a project mascot *

Nestlé Bear Brand Bear Brand is a drink and powdered milk brand introduced in 1892 in the Philippines by the "Bernese Alps Milk Company","Brand Stories: BEAR BRAND MILK in the Philippines" on Isamunang Patalastas blogsite, 19 Aug 2017 and currently owned by Nest ...

, a powdered milk and sterilized milk brand

Sports teams

Collegiate

Baylor Bears The Baylor Bears are the athletic teams that represent Baylor University. The teams participate in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as one of only two private school members of the Big 12 Conference. Prior to j ...

, United States *

Brown Bears The Brown Bears are the sports teams that represent Brown University, an American university located in Providence, Rhode Island. The Bears are part of the Ivy League conference. Brown's mascot is Bruno. Both the men's and women's teams share t ...

, United States *

California Golden Bears The California Golden Bears are the athletic teams that represent the University of California, Berkeley. Referred to in athletic competition as ''California'' or ''Cal'', the university fields 30 varsity athletic programs and various club te ...

, United States *

Central Arkansas Bears The Central Arkansas Bears and Sugar Bears represent the University of Central Arkansas (UCA) in NCAA Division I's Football Championship Subdivision (formerly I-AA football) as a member of the ASUN Conference. The athletic program is supported b ...

, United States *

Mercer Bears The Mercer Bears are the athletic teams of Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, United States. Mercer is the only private university in Georgia with an NCAA Division I athletic program and fields teams in eight men's and nine women's sports. The ...

, United States *

Missouri State Bears The Missouri State Bears and Lady Bears are the athletic teams representing Missouri State University (formerly Southwest Missouri State University). Missouri State's athletics programs date back to 1908. Missouri State competes in the NCAA Div ...

, United States *

Morgan State Bears The Morgan State Bears are the twelve varsity sports teams representing Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland in intercollegiate athletics, including men and women's basketball, cross country, tennis and track and field; women's-only bow ...

, United States *

Northern Colorado Bears The Northern Colorado Bears are the athletic teams representing the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, Colorado in intercollegiate athletics. The university sponsors seventeen teams including men and women's basketball, cross country, gol ...

, United States *

NYIT Bears The New York Tech Bears refer to the mascot and sports teams of the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT), located in Old Westbury, New York, United States. All of New York Tech's teams compete in NCAA Division II. The Bears are part of the East ...

, United States

Professional

Brisbane Bears The Brisbane Football Club, nicknamed the Bears, was a professional Australian rules football club based in Queensland on the Gold Coast (relocated to Brisbane in 1993). The club participated in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/A ...

, an Australian rules football club *

Chicago Bears The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago. The Bears compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) North division. The Bears have won nine NF ...

, an American football team *

Coventry Bears The Midlands Hurricanes are a semi-professional rugby league club jointly based in Birmingham and Coventry, West Midlands, England. They were founded as the Coventry Bears in 1998 and entered the third tier of the British rugby league system, ...

, an English rugby league football club *

Doosan Bears The Doosan Bears ( ko, 두산 베어스) are a South Korean professional baseball team based in Seoul. Founded in 1982, they are a member of the KBO League. The Bears have won six Korean Series titles (1982, 1995, 2001, 2015, 2016, and 2019) and ...

, a KBO League Baseball club *

Hershey Bears The Hershey Bears are a professional ice hockey team based in Hershey, Pennsylvania, a town located 14 miles east of the state capital of Harrisburg Harrisburg is the capital city of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the c ...

, an American hockey team *

North Sydney Bears The North Sydney Bears is an Australian rugby league football club based in North Sydney, New South Wales. The club competes in the New South Wales Cup, having exited the National Rugby League following the 1999 NRL season after 90 years in the ...

, an Australian rugby league football club *

Oldham Bears Oldham R.L.F.C., also known as the Roughyeds, is a professional rugby league football club in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. The club currently competes in the RFL League 1, the third tier of British Rugby League. Formed in 1876 as Oldh ...

, an English rugby league football club

Military

* BEAR (Beam Experiments Aboard a Rocket), a U.S. experimental

particle-beam weapon A particle-beam weapon uses a high-energy beam of atomic or subatomic particles to damage the target by disrupting its atomic and/or molecular structure. A particle-beam weapon is a type of directed-energy weapon, which directs energy in a pa ...

Battlefield Extraction-Assist Robot The Battlefield Extraction-Assist Robot (BEAR) is a remotely controlled robot developed by Vecna Robotics for use in the extraction of wounded soldiers from the battlefield with no risk to human life. The humanoid robot uses a powerful hydraulics ...

, a humanoid military robot *

Tupolev Tu-95 The Tupolev Tu-95 (russian: Туполев Ту-95; NATO reporting name: "Bear") is a large, four-engine turboprop-powered strategic bomber and missile platform. First flown in 1952, the Tu-95 entered service with the Long-Range Aviation of the ...

, a Russian bomber aircraft, NATO reporting name "Bear" * , a United States Coast Guard cutter * , a United States Navy ship and forerunner of modern icebreakers

Other uses

* Bear (Boy Scouts of America), an achievement level *

Bear (gay culture) In gay culture, a bear is a larger and often hairier man who projects an image of rugged masculinity. The bear concept can function as an identity or an affiliation, and there is ongoing debate in bear communities about what constitutes a bear ...

* Bear (grape) *

BEAR and LION ciphers The BEAR and LION block ciphers were invented by Ross Anderson and Eli Biham by combining a stream cipher and a cryptographic hash function. The algorithms use a very large variable block size, on the order of 213 to 223 bits . Both are 3-roun ...

Bear market A market trend is a perceived tendency of financial markets to move in a particular direction over time. Analysts classify these trends as ''secular'' for long time-frames, ''primary'' for medium time-frames, and ''secondary'' for short time-fram ...

, in economics, a general decline in a stock market *

Bere (grain) Bere, pronounced "bear," is a six-row barley currently cultivated mainly on 5-15 hectares of land in Orkney, Scotland. It is also grown in Shetland, Caithness and on a very small scale by a few crofters on some of the Western Isles, ''i.e.'' No ...

, which can also be spelled "bear" *

Pedobear Pedobear is an Internet meme that became popular through the imageboard 4chan. As the name suggests ("pedo" being short for "pedophile"), it is portrayed as a pedophilic cartoon bear. It is a concept used to mock child sex offenders or people ...

, an Internet meme * Russian Bear, a symbol of Russia * The Gentlemen Bears, drinking and dining society of

St Edmund's College, Cambridge St Edmund's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England. Founded in 1896, it is the second-oldest of the four Cambridge colleges oriented to mature students, which accept only students reading for postgraduate degr ...

* Water bear, another name for the microanimal

tardigrade Tardigrades (), known colloquially as water bears or moss piglets, are a phylum of eight-legged segmented micro-animals. They were first described by the German zoologist Johann August Ephraim Goeze in 1773, who called them Kleiner Wasserbär ...

* Bear, common name of the moth '' Lycia ursaria''

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