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Bears thrive in widely separated parts of the world, but the growth of civilization now restricts them to relatively limited regions. This volume describes the eight main bear species on a region-by-region basis. Included among them are polar bears of the Canadian Arctic, black bears -- or grizzlies -- native to North American mountainous regions, Asian black bears, brown bears from the mountains of Italy and eastern Europe, and even the giant pandas of eastern Asia. Here are recommendations and cautions for observing bears in the wild, information on the interaction between bears and humans, and much more.