Send us Fan Mail Bears aren’t just powerful wildlife. They’re one of the clearest mirrors nature holds up to us, and once you notice it, you can’t unsee it. I’m Carol Butler, and I take you from jaw-dropping bear facts to the deeper reason humans across the world keep calling bears sacred. We start on the ground with the real-world bears that still live among us: all eight species, from polar bears that hunt at sea to sun bears built for ripping into trees and pulling out honey with a ...