The world’s smallest bear is finally having its moment in the sun – thanks to a viral video that sparked a conspiracy theory on Chinese social media. Public interest in sun bears, one of Asia ...

‘Forgotten’ bears under threat Native to the tropical forests of Southeast Asia, sun bears are the world’s smallest bear species. Adult bears stand at heights of up to 70 centimeters tall ...

They’re the bearer of good news. Experts said a video of a sun bear captured at China’s Hangzhou Zoo is legitimate. Over the weekend, footage of the bear seen standing upright and waving to ...

Hangzhou Zoo addressed the wild allegations in a statement pretending to be from Angela, the Malaysian sun bear seen standing up and staring at bemused-looking visitors. “Some people think I ...

Angela the sun bear has left people around the world baffled since footage of the human-like zoo animal first emerged - with fans debating whether she really is a bear or a person in a costume.

They also have a 12-inch (30 centimeters) tongue to help them get their food — the longest tongue of any bear. Sun bears also stand to check out their surroundings and to scare away other ...

a person in a bear costume, after a video of the sun bear standing upright and interacting with visitors went viral. In a 15-second clip posted on July 27 to Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok ...

A zoo in eastern China has denied suggestions that some of its bears were people dressed in costume after videos of a Malayan sun bear standing on its hind legs – and looking uncannily human ...