Bears
WHS where bears can be found in the wild.
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks | black bear, grizzly bear | |
| Carlsbad Caverns | Black bear | |
| Central Sikhote-Alin | Himalayan bear | |
| Chitwan National Park | Sloth bears | |
| Darien National Park | spectacled bear | |
| Dolomites | Brown bears (reintroduced) | |
| Dong Phayayen | Asiatic Black Bear, Malayan Sun Bear | |
| Durmitor National Park | Brown bear | |
| Everglades | Black bear | |
| Fanjingshan | Asiatic Black Bear | |
| Glacier parks | Grizzly bear, black bear and the only habitat in the world for the bluish glacier bear Ursus americanus emmonsi, a colour phase of the black bear found nowhere else in Canada | |
| Golden Mountains of Altai | ||
| Great Himalayan National Park | Himalayan Brown Bear, Asiatic Black Bear | |
| Great Smoky Mountains | Black bear | |
| Gros Morne National Park | American Black Bear, Polar Bear | |
| High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago | brown bear (UNEP-WCMC) | |
| Huanglong | Black bear, Giant panda, Brown bear | |
| Huascaran National Park | Spectacled bear | |
| Hubei Shennongjia | Asian Black Bear | |
| Ilulissat Icefjord | polar bears Ursus maritimus are very rare visitors (UNEP-WCMC) | |
| Jiuzhaigou Valley | Black bear, Giant panda | |
| Kaziranga National Park | Asiatic Black Bear, Sloth Bear | |
| Khangchendzonga National Park | Asian black bear | |
| Lake Baikal | Brown bear | |
| Laponian Area | Brown bear | |
| Machu Picchu | spectacled bear | |
| Manas Wildlife Sanctuary | Sloth bear Melursus ursinus (VU), black bear Selenarctos thibetanus (VU) (= Vulnerable IUCN) | |
| Manu National Park | spectacled bear | |
| Mount Emei, including Leshan Giant Buddha | red panda, Asiatic black bear | |
| Mount Sanqingshan | Asian black bear | |
| Nahanni National Park | Grizzly bears | |
| Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers | Himalayan black bear | |
| Ohrid Region | Brown bear at Galičica National park | |
| Olympic National Park | Black bear | |
| Phong Nha - Ke Bang | Himalayan black bear, Malayan sun bear | |
| Pimachiowin Aki | Black bear | |
| Pirin National Park | Brown bear | |
| Plitvice Lakes | Brown bear | |
| Primeval Beech Forests | brown bear (in Slovakia/Ukraine) (UNEP-WCMC) | |
| Putorana Plateau | brown bear | |
| Qinghai Hoh Xil | Brown bear | |
| Redwood | Ursus americanus / American black bear | |
| Rio Abiseo National Park | spectacled bear | |
| Sagarmatha National Park | Himalayan black bear (UNEP-WCMC) | |
| Sangay National Park | Spectacled Bear | |
| Shirakami-Sanchi | Asiatic Black Bear | |
| Shiretoko | Brown bear | |
| Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries | Black bear, Giant panda | |
| Tajik National Park | brown bear | |
| Three parallel rivers of Yunnan | Brown bear | |
| Uvs Nuur Basin | Brown bear | |
| Virgin Komi Forests | brown bear | |
| Volcanoes of Kamchatka | Brown bear | |
| Waterton Glacier International Peace Park | Grizzly ("A denser population than either Yellowstone or Canadian Rockies") | |
| West Norwegian Fjords | Brown bear | |
| Western Caucasus | Brown bear | |
| Western Ghats | Sloth bear at Radhanagari Wildlife Sanctuary | |
| Wood Buffalo National Park | Black bear, Brown bear | |
| Wrangel Island | Polar bears | |
| Wulingyuan | Asiatic black bear | |
| Xinjiang Tianshan | brown bear, grizzly bear | |
| Yellowstone | Black bear and the grizzly or brown bear | |
| Yosemite National Park | American Black Bear |
Suggestions?
Do you know of another WHS we could connect to Bears?
A connection should:
- Not be "self evident"
- Link at least 3 different sites
- Not duplicate or merely subdivide the "Category" assignment already identified on this site.
- Add some knowledge or insight (whether significant or trivial!) about WHS for the users of this site
- Be explained, with reference to a source