SWAN VALLEY - When a young black bear awoke in his new den in a cottonwood grove along Rumble Creek last week, he probably thought he was alone. He was wrong. The orphaned bruin was released by ...

America’s most beloved bear-based competition is just weeks away. Fat Bear Week, an online vote conducted via a single-elimination bracket, will take place from Sept. 23 to 30, the National Park ...

Trail cameras are meant to track wildlife, not take portraits. But try telling that to a bear. You’d find these animals taking straight-up surprise close-ups to ...

The stars are the brown bears of Katmai National Park and Preserve in remote Alaska. Eight web cams, an increase of five from last year, have been set up at various parts of the park to livestream the ...

Here's an example of what not to do if you find yourself in the proximity of a bear. It’s estimated that around 400,000 bears live in the United States, and in certain parts of the country, residents ...

In an upset for the ages, Fat Bear Week’s 2025 champion is 32 Chunk, who denied a potential “three-peat” by his longtime rival, 128 Grazer. Fat Bear Week celebrates the triumphs and tribulations of ...