Andean bears, also known as spectacled bears, are the only bears native to South America. In the wild, they build nests and platforms in trees, similar to the structure constructed in the zoo’s ...

The adult stands about 25 inches at the shoulder and varies from 4 to 6 feet in length, with a 3-inch) tail ...

Created by Bond in 1958, Paddington is a spectacled bear from Peru who wears an old red bush hat and blue duffel coat, carries a battered brown leather suitcase and loves marmalade sandwiches.

High in the Peruvian Andes lives a very special bear. One of the rarest large carnivores on the planet, the spectacled bear is the 'real' Paddington. Over the course of a few months the curious ...

Show more From the mighty grizzly bear to the endearing real life Paddington, the spectacled bear, and Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Book's Baloo, the sloth bear, this remarkable animal family has ...