Bear (disambiguation)

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

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

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