Nature and EnvironmentPeru: Protecting the Andean bear07:19This browser does not support the video element.Nature and Environment06/13/2016June 13, 2016The spectacled, or Andean, bear is the only bear native to South America. About 25,000 still live in the Andes and the outlying mountain ranges. Conflicts between the bears and humans are especially common in Peru.Copy linkAdvertisement