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

A woman suffered serious injuries when a bear attacked her outside of her home in southern Alaska, authorities said. The woman, 36, had left her house in Kenai, a coastal city some 150 miles southwest ...

In light of the ongoing controversy surrounding the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s predator control program, it would be beneficial for the state to assess the significant economic benefits that ...

Alaska’s bear hunting season is a long-standing tradition thanks to the state’s rugged wilderness and complex ecosystem management. With two native bear species—the brown (or grizzly) bear and the ...

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 ...

Alaska law prohibits waking a sleeping bear, even to take a photo, addressing one of the state’s most dangerous wildlife interactions, in which tourists and photographers risk fatal encounters for ...

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 ...

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) — ...