An important issue is about where all the bears live. Polar bears live in the Arctic region. The spectacled bear is the only bear that lives in South America. Sun bears live in the forests of Borneo, Burma, Indochina, the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Thailand. Grizzly bears live mainly in Alaska and Western Canada.
Black bears live in North America.
Asiatic black bears live in Asia. Sloth bears live in India and Sri Lanka. Polar bears can swim three to six miles per hour. The temperature inside a polar bear's den can be 40 degrees warmer than the outside air temperature. Polar bears can smell food as much as ten miles away.