Learn how the Andean bear helps to regenerate the forest in South America, playing a key role in moving seeds! This Earth Day National Geographic is celebrating the work of our Explorers. Ruthmery Pillco Huarcaya is a wildlife biologist who works on conservation and biodiversity projects in the rainforest of Costa Rica and Peru who talks about this topic. | National Geographic UK

11K views · 809 reactions | It's Bear Awareness Week and we need everyone to be ✨aware✨ of how cute our Andean bear Sinchi is while playing in his swing! Andean bears are an arboreal bear species and like to make nests in the trees. Keepers say sometimes Sinchi puts bamboo on his swing to make a nest... but most of the time he's playing on it! | Philadelphia Zoo | Facebook

The ABQ BioPark Zoo is overjoyed to become the home of an Andean bear for the first time in our history! This species is native to the Andes Mountains in northern and western South America, and is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List due to habitat loss. Andean bears are also called spectacled bear, South American bear, Andean short-faced bear or mountain bear; but you can call this one Ben! Read Ben's story and then come visit him in the renovated habitat near the Cat walk: https://bit.ly/