But the true champions of chubbiness are the coastal brown bears of Alaska, with some individuals ... causing others that currently eat salmon to enter dens earlier and remain inside longer, missing ...

ADF&G has been getting more calls about bears rummaging through trash, especially downtown, as they gain weight to prepare ...

A black bear feeding on a salmon at Neet’s Bay north of Ketchikan. Photo Credit: Tom Stieghorst NEET'S BAY, Alaska -- Most people come to Alaska to see three things: glaciers, whales and bears. Of ...

Katmai National Park and Preserve is a natural park and wild reserve of the United States in the south of Alaska, known ...

From mountain ridges to ocean bays, Wrangell–St. Elias National Park is a living sanctuary for Alaska’s wild heritage. Here, ...

Learn the 2025 Alaska bear hunting season dates, rules, and tips for hunting black and brown bears in remote wilderness areas ...

An enormous boar, 747 was first identified as a few years old in 2004. Related: Brown Bear Kills a Sow in NPS Livestream, Reminding Shocked Viewers that Alaska’s Bears Are Indeed Wild A bear can lose ...

While Katmai National Park’s “Fat Bear Week” ended on Sept. 30, Alaska’s southern sibling is celebrating it’s own chubby ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — 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 ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Chunk, a towering brown bear with a broken jaw, swept the competition Tuesday in the popular Fat Bear Week contest — his first win after narrowly finishing in second place three ...