Only floatplanes are allowed to ferry permitted visitors to enter one of the world’s premier destinations for bear viewing.

A rumor that circulated online in December 2025 claimed that a pair of trail camera photos authentically showed a mother bear ...

One of the great marvels of nature is how bears, the largest carnivore in North America, are able to hibernate all winter, living off stores of fat they have built up through the rest of the year.

Victoria Lytle survived a July bear mauling along a Hillside hiking trail. Since then, she’s sought to thank the people who kept her alive.

KENAI PENINSULA, Alaska - A man in Alaska was hospitalized after accidentally shooting himself in the leg while trying to protect himself from a brown bear. The man, 32-year-old Tyler Johnson, ...

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings is partnering with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to host an art contest. Selected ...

Native to North America, grizzly bears (also known as brown bears) live in nearly all areas of Alaska. In fact, the state is home to more than 98% of the world’s brown bear population! The only ...

The recording starts with Amie Huguenard's nervous question about the bear's presence, followed by Timothy Treadwell's ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — After gorging all summer on sockeye salmon, the portliest brown bears on the Alaska Peninsula will battle it out to see who will be named the fattest of them all in the wildly ...

Let the chunk-off begin. Voting started Wednesday in the annual Fat Bear Week contest at Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve, with viewers picking their favorite among a dozen brown bears ...

April 7 (UPI) --Sanitation officials in Anchorage, Alaska, put their bear-resistant trash bins to the test with the help of some product testing experts: the Alaska Zoo's bears. Anchorage Solid Waste ...