Conservation groups sued Monday over a state program in Alaska that authorizes killing brown bears and black bears as a way ...

The Board of Game gave the Alaska Department of Fish and Game the authority to aerially shoot any bears of any age across ...

ALASKA -- The brown bears of Katmai's National Park & Preserve in remote Alaska have picked up quite the Internet fam over the years. A live webcam has been following their fishing expeditions as they ...

KATMAI NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE, Alaska (AP) – Stars snarling at each other, mate swapping, dominant males posturing and establishing their territory. It’s not quite “Jersey Shore,” but these are ...

Fat Bear Week is back, and fans can once again vote for Alaska’s chubbiest bear. The March Madness-style bracket contest is hosted by explore.org and Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve, home ...

Alaskan bears will duke it out for the title of bulkiest bear around later this month when “Fat Bear Week” kicks off in the state’s Katmai National Park for the 11th year in a row. The National Park ...

ALASKA, USA — The bears are back, and they are absolutely massive. Alaska's Brooks River is once again hosting nature's most delightfully chunky competition as Fat Bear Week returns for its 11th year ...

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 ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — 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 known as ...

Spring is for skinny bears and March Madness basketball. Fall, however, is for fat bears -- and for Katmai National Park & Preserve's annual Fat Bear Week and its accompanying tournament of crowning a ...