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), an American musician Bear Pascoe (born 1986), former American football tight end Bear Rinehart (born 1980), American singer 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, recurring character in the Tara Duncan book series who is ruler of the magical kingdom/realm Lancovit on the planet Otherworld. 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 film 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 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 (CKQB-FM 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