Standing on the platform at Brooks Falls in Alaska’s Katmai National Park, I wanted to warn the salmon and tell them, “Look before you leap!” I lost count of how many fish ended up in the mouth of the ...

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 ...

Way up north in Alaska, Katmai National Park protects a vast landscape (over 4 million acres!) of volcanoes, tundra, lakes ...

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 ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – A new video initiative is bringing the famed brown bears of Alaska’s Katmai National Park directly to your computer or smartphone. Without having to go there, you’ll be able ...

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 ...

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 previous years. The ...

This image provided by the National Park Service shows bear 32 at the Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska, on July 14, 2025. (C Loberg/National Park Service via AP) ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — ...

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 ...