The Best Bears Documentaries

Nature & Wildlife - 98 free documentaries about bears.

Start with Two Abandoned Bear Cubs Get Adopted By Unusual Mother (52 min, Real Wild), then Inside the World of Bears (46 min, BBC Earth). All 98 documentaries here are free to watch from their makers' official uploads. To read deeper, the top-rated book on bears is Grizzly Years by Doug Peacock.

• Two Abandoned Bear Cubs Get Adopted By Unusual Mother | Beary Tales (52 min, Real Wild)
• Inside the World of Bears (46 min, BBC Earth)
• Grizzly Battleground | Alaska's Deadliest (44 min, Nat Geo Animals)
• The World of Bears - Giants of the Wild (37 min, BBC Earth)
• Clan of the North | Kingdom of the Polar Bears (44 min, National Geographic)
• Majestic Bears of Alaska & British Columbia (52 min, Free Documentary - Nature)
• Into The Life Of A Grizzly Bear (Bear Documentary) | Grizzly Country (52 min, Real Wild)
• Saving The Endangered Giant Panda | Panda Nursery (50 min, Real Wild)
• Unbelievable Bear Attack Survivors | Human Prey (48 min, Real Wild)
• Band of Bears - In the Forests of Scandinavia | Part 1 (44 min, Free Documentary - Nature)
• Three Bear Cubs - Growing Up in a Dangerous World (50 min, Free Documentary - Nature)
• Wildlife | Episode 6: Bears (52 min, Free Documentary - Nature)
• Alaska's Gigantic Grizzly Bears | Giant Grizzlies (48 min, Real Wild)
• Rescuing Brown Bears From Captivity (Wildlife Documentary) | Wild Animal Rescue (43 min, Real Wild)
• Grizzly Bear Summer | Wild Yellowstone (44 min, Nat Geo Animals)
• The Land Of The Pandas (46 min, Real Wild)
• Braving Waters for the Perfect Bear | Port Protection Alaska (44 min, National Geographic)
• How Locals Protect Against Polar Bear Attacks (50 min, Wonder)
• I Used To Hunt Grizzly Bears. Now I Live With Them. (52 min, Real Wild)
• Surviving Bear & Wolf Attacks | Human Prey Part 2 (95 min, Real Wild)
• Mother Bear Teaches Triplets How To Survive The Wild | Band Of Bears Part 2 (41 min, Real Wild)
• Bear Cubs Experience Snow For The First Time | Band Of Bears Part 1 (44 min, Real Wild)
• How Big Cats, Bears & Reptiles Become Killers (143 min, Real Wild)
• Band of Bears - In the Forests of Scandinavia | Part 2 (41 min, Free Documentary - Nature)
• Black Bear Family's Epic Fight For Survival (46 min, Real Wild)
• Wild Himalayas – Home of the Red Panda (50 min, Free Documentary - Nature)
• Gobi Bear - Searching the Rarest Bear on Earth (51 min, Free Documentary - Nature)
• Killer Claws: Clash of the Bears | When Predators Attack (44 min, Nat Geo Animals)
• Caught On Camera: Mother Bear's Emergency Search For Missing Bear Cub (24 min, Real Wild)
• The Man Who Raises Wild Bears | The Gentle Bearman Of Emo (69 min, Real Wild)
• Fat Bear Week: Kodiaks, Grizzlies & Polar Bears (110 min, Nat Geo Animals)
• Inside America's Last Wild Frontier | Alaska's Deadliest (44 min, Nat Geo Animals)
• Grizzly Bear Transformation | Built for the Kill (45 min, Nat Geo Animals)
• GIANT KODIAK BEARS | The Largest Grizzly Bears on Earth | 4K (49 min, Real Wild)
• Brown Bear Gangs In Alaska's National Park (49 min, Real Wild)
• Bears, Bears, Bears, Oh My! 🐻 The Zoo (34 min, Animal Planet)
• Incredible Bear Moments (22 min, BBC Earth)
• Natural World: Meet The Bears (53 min, BBC Earth)
• How Pandas Became China's 'Best Ambassadors' | Panda Power - Part 1/2 (46 min, CNA Insider)
• The Power Of Pandas In China-Southeast Asia Relations | Panda Power - Part 2/2 (47 min, CNA Insider)
• Wild Asia - Fantastic Creatures of Tian Shan (52 min, Free Documentary - Nature)
• Wildlife Instincts: The Moon Bear - Japan's Most Elusive Animal (49 min, Free Documentary - Nature)
• Polar Bear Survival | OceanXplorers (38 min, Nat Geo Animals)
• Venomous Snakes & Bear Attacks | When Predators Attack MEGA Episode (88 min, Nat Geo Animals)
• Bear Country (44 min, Nat Geo Animals)
• Salmon Slaughterhouse: Black Bear Survival | Alaska's Grizzly Gauntlet (44 min, Nat Geo Animals)
• Meet Scarface: Tracking Yellowstone's Iconic Grizzly Bear (52 min, Real Wild)
• The Secret Mission to Save Elusive Black Bears | Ivan Carter (22 min, Real Wild)
• Tracking Deadly Predators Across Alaska's Wilderness | Brown Bears (49 min, Real Wild)
• Polar Bear Cub Struggles To Survive It's Shrinking Habitat | Extreme Animal Babies (48 min, Real Wild)
• Can We Live Amongst Grizzly's? | Bears On The Rise (28 min, Real Wild)
• Wild Encounters: Art Wolfe's Goes Face To Face With Largest Grizzlies (69 min, Real Wild)
• Grizzly – A Yellowstone Story (50 min, Free Documentary - Nature)
• Brown Bears: Berserkers of the Mountains | Wild Italy | Episode 2 (49 min, Free Documentary - Nature)
• Happy Beginnings: Orphan Bear Cubs Unite | Cub Camp 102 (50 min, Love Nature)
• Bears in the Wild: Power, Speed & Survival (135 min, Nat Geo Animals)
• Deadly Black Bears Break Into Colorado Homes for Food (55 min, Real Wild)
• Rescuing Injured Man In Deadly Grizzly Bear Territory (22 min, Wonder)
• Man Left Bleeding To Death After A Grizzly Bear Attack Is Saved By A Horse (22 min, Wonder)
• The World's Wildest Animals (33 min, BBC Earth)
• Black Bears - A Family's Epic Fight for Survival (46 min, Free Documentary - Nature)
• Why The US Airforce Ejected a Bear (11 min, Real Engineering)
• The Oldest Bear’s Secret: How To Survive 100 Days Without Food (22 min, Real Wild)
• Alaska's Brown Bears Teach Their Cubs to Catch Salmon (85 min, Real Wild)
• Grizzly Bears, Lions, and the Battle for Territory (45 min, Real Wild)
• FULL EPISODE: Land of the Panda | Wild China (49 min, BBC Earth)
• Grizzly Bears in Yellowstone, LIVE! | Yellowstone Live (19 min, National Geographic)
• Panda Celebrates 1st Birthday with Bamboo Cake (21 min, Real Wild)
• KING OF THE ARCTIC | Polar Bear Family Fights Extinction | Ultra HD (43 min, Real Wild)
• Alligators, Bears, & Toxic Creatures: Monsters of Nature (133 min, Nat Geo Animals)
• Moose Ambush | Alaska's Grizzly Gauntlet (44 min, Nat Geo Animals)
• WILD GRIZZLES | Inside the Kingdom of the Grizzly Bear | Ultra HD (43 min, Real Wild)
• Red Pandas: The Elusive 'Red Ghosts' of the Forest (50 min, Real Wild)
• The Incredible World Of Bears | Life In The Animal Kingdom | 4K (23 min, Real Wild)
• 5 Shocking Bear Attacks & Understanding Why They Happened (45 min, Real Wild)
• Searching For The Rarest Bear On Earth | Moksgm'ol (52 min, Real Wild)
• The Ghost Bear: The Search For World's Most Elusive Bear | Natural Kingdom (44 min, Real Wild)
• Willow the Red Panda 🔴🌿 The Zoo (21 min, Animal Planet)
• Winston the Orphan Bear | Cub Camp 101 (50 min, Love Nature)
• Bear Battles For Love | Parents in the Wild 101 (52 min, Love Nature)

Top-Rated Books About Bears

1. Grizzly Years by Doug Peacock - View on Amazon
2. Bear Attacks by Stephen Herrero - View on Amazon
3. The Great Bear Almanac by Gary Brown - View on Amazon
4. Polar Bears by Ian Stirling - View on Amazon