Fat Bear Week, hosted by Katmai National Park in Alaska, draws bated breath from viewers every year. It’s an annual online ...

Gavin Haakenson was charging a brown bear from 10 feet away near Alaska's Killey River when his friend's pistol shots saved ...

"Fat Bear Week" is set to return, with the internet voting to send their favorite bears through a tournament-style bracket and crown their favorite ursine as the winner. NBC News' Steven Romo reports ...

The internet's favorite bear contest is back. See which chunky contenders will battle for the Fat Bear Week 2026 title.

Best to let the family of grizzly bears have the right of way. Coming face-to-face with one grizzly on a hiking trail is bad ...

Video captures two massive Alaskan brown bears fighting over a prime fishing spot at Lake Clark National Park as a startled ...

Fat Bear Week, which turns Alaska's bulkiest brown bears into internet celebrities, is returning for another year.

A moose hunter remarkably survived a bear attack in Alaska – saying he was “glad” he blacked out while the animal went about ...

Alaskan residnt Gavin Haakenson said he was hunting for moose in Kenai National Wildlife Refuge on Sept. 2 when he was ...

The Alaska Beacon is an independent, nonpartisan news organization focused on connecting Alaskans to their state government. With the Board of Game’s consent, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game is ...

Juneau, Alaska — Conservation groups sued Monday over a state program in Alaska that authorizes killing brown and black bears as a way to increase the size of a once-significant caribou herd in the ...

What is the Bear Matrix? It's a world of horrific maulings, canine teeth gnawing on scalps, claws ripping into flesh and people being eaten. No, this isn't a nightmare—it's a computer database ...