Two hikers were hospitalized after fighting off a brown bear on an Alaskan trail, officials said Wednesday. The two people, who were not named by authorities, were about a quarter-mile up the Exit ...
The hiker called 911 to report she had been attacked, officials said. A hiker was rescued after reportedly getting attacked by a brown bear along a trail in Alaska, according to the Anchorage Fire ...
Fat Bear Week is back at Katmai National Park and Preserve. The March Madness-style bracket competition pits some of Katmai National Park and Preserve's bulkiest and most beloved brown bears against ...
A brown bear mauled a woman hiking the Dome Trail in Anchorage Tuesday afternoon, according to Megan Peters, a spokesperson for the Anchorage Fire Department. “Just before 2:30 this afternoon, our ...
A woman was mauled by a brown bear while hiking a popular trail in Alaska's Chugach Mountains. The woman, who has not been identified, was hiking the Basher Trail in the Chugach Mountains, near ...
Bear 32 Chunk was crowned the 2025 champion of Fat Bear Week. Chunk defeated runner-up Bear 856 with over 96,000 votes. The annual contest celebrates the survival of brown bears at Katmai National ...
A roman mosaic shows a fighting North African Atlas bear. Jerzystrzelecki via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 3.0 Nearly a decade ago, archaeologists found the broken skull of a bear among the ruins ...
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 ...