One of the great marvels of nature is how bears, the largest carnivore in North America, are able to hibernate all winter, living off stores of fat they have built up through the rest of the year.

The ruling came from Superior Court Judge Christina Rankin on Dec. 31, and concerns a lawsuit that goes back to 2023.

Alaska is home to a large population of brown bears, and guided tours offer a safe and immersive way to observe them in their natural habitat. The best time to see brown bears in south-central Alaska ...

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 ...

The former girlfriend of Timothy Treadwell, whose 2003 fatal attack by an Alaskan bear was detailed in the critically acclaimed documentary "Grizzly Man," describes his final moments, which were parti ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Nearly killed by a brown bear during a summer hike, Anchorage resident Victoria Lytle reunited with the firefighters, medics and 911 dispatcher who trekked miles into the Chugach Mountains to rescue h ...

April 7 (UPI) --Sanitation officials in Anchorage, Alaska, put their bear-resistant trash bins to the test with the help of some product testing experts: the Alaska Zoo's bears. Anchorage Solid Waste ...