If you said Smokey The Bear, you would be wrong. His actual name — and the name he has had for over 75 years — is Smokey Bear. Not Smokey the Bear. It is a collective false memory.

Wildfires are getting worse and climate change is playing a larger role, but Smokey Bear, the U.S. Forest Service's fire prevention icon and his slogan, "Only you can prevent wildfires," haven't ...

Smokey the bear cub is flown from Santa Fe, N.M., to his new home at the Washington National Zoo in a Piper J-3 Cub by New Mexico Assistant State Game Warden Homer C. Pickens in 1950. The little ...

As Smokey Bear turns 80 on Friday, here are eight other fun facts about the iconic bear. 1. Smokey is tied to WWII “A lot of people forget that wood was actually a vital war resource ...

But still, Smokey Bear with his message that fire is something that we can live without persists into a ninth decade. As a meme, Smokey Bear has usurped the place for any other American cultural ...