The awe-inspiring brown bear (Ursus arctos) is one of the most prominent living terrestrial members of the order Carnivora.

Brown bears, or grizzly bears, are the most common species, but polar bears are also native to some of Alaska's parks. The remote Katmai National Park & Preserve has the biggest bear population of ...

In the fast riffles below Brooks Falls in Katmai National Park and Preserve, a large male brown bear named Otis waits patiently. His muscular bulk is very still, and his coat gleams in the summer ...

Since its founding on August 25, 1916, the U.S. National Park Service has assembled 419 protected units, of which 62 hold the ...

Kaxwaan Éesh George Davis: Xóots aas daax̱ kei wdlitl’ét’. The brown bear climbed a tree. You can hear each installment of Lingít Word of the Week on the radio throughout the week.

An emergency declaration by the Board of Game does not change the fact that the program is unconstitutional and the state failed to do required fixes, the judge rules.

Sure enough, a behemoth brown bear stood on the lip of the falls, staring intently down at the water and waiting to catch a leaping fish. Alaska’s “Bear Coast,” a sweep of wild shore stretching from ...

The Bears of Brooks River" features 24 real-life brown bears that call Katmai National Park home. Many of them have competed in Fat Bear Week, an annual bracket-style competition where chunky ...

To help meet their insatiable appetite, the brown bears of Katmai National Park turn to Sockeye salmon. Each salmon can contain over 4,000 calories. The bear is unlikely to eat the whole of the ...