Explore the wild heart of Alaska in Katmai National Park, home to world-famous brown bears, massive salmon runs, moose, ...

A JINX IS a nasty thing for a man to have dogging him when he’s out for big game. In 1941, while hunting on Admiralty and ...

Flattop Mountain Trail reigns as perhaps the most frequented hike in all of Alaska, rewarding determined hikers with sweeping panoramas of Anchorage, Cook Inlet, and on pristine days, even mighty ...

America’s chunkiest bear has been crowned. Fat Bear Week 2025 wrapped up on October 1st with a dramatic final showdown ...

The Unuk River region is and was an off-the-main-trail place. The Unuk River, Joonáx̱ in Tlingit, runs from glaciers in ...

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

Bears are notorious for finding food wherever any crumb is left available. That’s why most trash receptacles in “bear country” are “bear-proofed,” and also why we’ve seen these bumbling creatures ...

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 ...

The 11th annual Fat Bear Week crowned its newest champ this week, though the park service notes every bear is a winner ...