Bears are on the move this fall, and some have been spotted closer to towns and neighborhoods.According to Montana Fish, ...

Nights are spent in a modest four-cabin converted crabbing boat called Ursus. Skiffs ferry travelers ashore for twice-daily outings, where it’s common to see half a dozen or more brown bears dotting ...

Chunk, a towering brown bear with a broken jaw, swept the competition Tuesday in the popular Fat Bear Week contest.

The 11th annual Fat Bear Week in Alaska crowned its newest champ this week, though the National Park Service points out that ...

Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska offers a once-in-a-lifetime adventure, with active volcanoes, pristine lakes, ...

Fat Bear Week 2025 ends on Sept. 30. Tune into the livestreams to watch some very fat bears become even more so, then vote on ...

Fat Bear Week, the social media campaign to crown the country's biggest grizzly, starts Monday. Katmai National Park created a "bracket" for people to vote on the bear most deserving of the honor. The ...

Some bears, such as polar bears, can actually swim at speeds faster than 6 mph, which is on par with Olympian Michael Phelps’s fastest swimming speed. In other words, don’t ever try to outswim a polar ...

A hiker who was attacked by a bear — probably a grizzly — in Yellowstone National Park this week has been released from the hospital. The 29-year old man had been hiking alone on the remote Turbid ...

Fat Bear Week, when people get to pick their favorite Alaskan brown bear bulking up for hibernation, is coming early this year. The annual online competition that normally starts in early October will ...