Neither albino nor polar bear, the spirit bear (also known as the Kermode bear) is a white variant of the North American black bear, and it's found almost exclusively here in the Great Bear ...

Spirit bears have a rare and recessive gene variation ... a subspecies of the American black bear. They are not albinos, and still have pigmented skin and eyes, rather a rare and recessive gene ...

There is science, not just folklore, behind several of the spirit bear’s traits. By genus and species, it’s an American black bear. But if both parents (no matter their color) have the same ...