The creator of the viral bear bracket competition on this year’s 1,200-pound winner, Chunk, how bears are interacting ...

This year’s Fat Bear Week champion offers a lesson in persistence. Or he’s just a bear that ate a lot of salmon.

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

It is Fat Bear Week in Alaska. The popular competition lets anyone vote on which of the animals is most prepared for winter.

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 ...

Patty Salkeld traveled 2,000 miles to Alaska's remote national park to see the brown bears she's been voting for in the ...

Alaska’s brown bears bulk up for hibernation in a fun, global bracket competition. Here is everything you need to know about ...

Entering its 11th season, the viral competition to crown the biggest bear in Alaska's Katmai National Park kicks off Monday.

Brook Falls is widely considered to be the bruin-viewing capital of the world, but there’s also a little-known alternative ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The brawny bruins on the Alaska Peninsula are ready to brawl it out to see which will win this year’s fattest bear title in the wildly popular annual online voting contest ...