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A bear is a carnivoran mammal of the family Ursidae.
Bear or Bears may also refer to:
Places
- Bear (barony), County Cork, Ireland
- Bear, Arkansas, United States, an unincorporated place
- Bear, Delaware, United States, a census-designated place
- Bear, Idaho, United States, an unincorporated place
- Bear Brook (disambiguation)
- Bear Cave, Romania
- Bear Creek (disambiguation)
- Bear Island (disambiguation)
- Bear Mountain (disambiguation)
- Bear River (disambiguation)
- Bear Seamount, an underwater volcano in the Atlantic Ocean
- Bears, Friesland, 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 (born 1979), American musician
Arts, entertainment, and media
Characters
- Bear, the main character from the TV series Bear in the Big Blue House
- Bear, a character from the TV series WordWorld
- 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, a recurring character in the Tara Duncan book series
- Bear, a character in the Adventure Time animated series episode "In Your Footsteps"
- Br'er Bear, a character from the Disney picture film Song of the South
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
- 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
- The Bear, a novel by Claire Cameron
- The Bear, a novel by Andrew Krivak
- Bear, a novel by Ben Queen
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, "100.3 The Bear", Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- CKNL-FM, "101.5 The Bear", Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada
- CKQB-FM in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (identified as "106.9 The Bear" from 1994–2009 and 2011–2014)
- CKRX-FM, "102.3 The Bear", Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
- KQBR, Texas, United States
- Touch FM (Stratford-upon-Avon) also known as The Bear 102, Stratford-upon-Avon, England
- WBRW, "105.3 the Bear", Blacksburg, Virginia, United States
- WBYR, "98.9 the Bear", Woodburn, Indiana, United States
- WEKS, "The Bear 92.5", Zebulon, Georgia, United States
- WNBB, "97.9 the Bear", Bayboro, North Carolina, United States
- WZGM, "96.1 the Bear", Black Mountain, 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" line, for presidential candidate Ronald Reagan
- "Bears", an episode of the television series Zoboomafoo
- The Bear (opera), by William Walton
- The Bear (TV series), a 2022 television series on FX on Hulu
- "Bears", a Series B episode of the television series QI (2004)
- "Bear", 4th episode of Servant (TV Series)
Brands and enterprises
- Bear (St. Paul's Churchyard), a historical bookseller in London
- Bear Inn, Cowbridge, Wales
- The Bear, Oxford, England
- Microsoft Bear, a project mascot
- Nestlé Bear Brand, a powdered milk and sterilized milk brand
Sports teams
Collegiate
- Baylor Bears, United States
- Brown Bears, United States
- California Golden Bears, United States
- Central Arkansas Bears, United States
- Mercer Bears, United States
- Missouri State Bears, United States
- Morgan State Bears, United States
- Northern Colorado Bears, United States
- NYIT Bears, United States
- Washington University Bears, United States
Professional
- Brisbane Bears, an Australian rules football club
- Bristol Bears, an English rugby union team
- Chicago Bears, an American football team
- Coventry Bears, an English rugby league football club
- Doosan Bears, a KBO League Baseball club
- Hershey Bears, an American hockey team
- North Sydney Bears, an Australian rugby league football club
- Oldham Bears, an English rugby league football club
- Pori Bears, a Finnish-based American football team
Military
- BEAR (Beam Experiments Aboard a Rocket), a U.S. experimental particle-beam weapon
- Battlefield Extraction-Assist Robot, a humanoid military robot
- Tupolev Tu-95, a Russian bomber aircraft, NATO reporting name "Bear"
- USCGC Bear (WMEC-901), a United States Coast Guard cutter
- USS Bear (1874), a United States Navy ship and forerunner of modern icebreakers
Other uses
- Bear (app), note-taking software
- Bear (Boy Scouts of America), an achievement level
- Bear (gay culture)
- Bear (grape)
- BEAR and LION ciphers
- Bear market, in economics
- Bere (grain), which can also be spelled "bear"
- Pedobear, an Internet meme
- Russian Bear, a symbol of Russia
- Water bear, another name for the microanimal tardigrade
- Bear, common name of the moth Lycia ursaria