The world’s smallest bear is finally having its moment in the sun – thanks to a viral video that sparked a conspiracy theory on Chinese social media.

Angela, a Malayan sun bear at a zoo in Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang province, has become a “superstar” in China. A short video on Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, showed Angela standing ...

SEPANG, Jan 6 — The endangered Malayan sun bear is the Visit Malaysia Year 2026 campaign mascot, ... The Batik Air aircraft ...

A sun bear stands in its enclosure at Hangzhou Zoo in Hangzhou, China, on Aug. 1. The zoo has denied the animal in the social media video is a human in a costume. AFP - Getty Images ...

A zoo in eastern China has denied suggestions that some of its bears were people dressed in costume after videos of a Malayan sun bear standing on its hind legs – and looking uncannily human ...

A sun bear in Berlin Zoo in 2020. Jens Kalaene / DPA via Getty Images file The number of sun bears shrank by over 30% in the past 30 years, according to the World Wildlife Fund.

Sun bears are about 3.5 to 4.5 feet long and weigh anywhere from 60 to 145 pounds. Short, sleek fur in black, dark brown, or grey covers most of the sun bear’s body, except for their chest ...

Sun bears are the smallest bears in the world. While grizzly bears (Ursus arctos horribilis) can weigh more than 700 pounds (320 kilograms), sun bears weigh between 60 and 150 pounds (30 to 70 kg ...

The world’s smallest bear is finally having its moment in the sun – thanks to a viral video that sparked a conspiracy theory on Chinese social media.