bears

Amber Kraxberger-Linson with the Chugach National Forest said now is a good time to store bear attractants, like bird feeders.

An Anchorage man who was blinded by a bear at the Russian River nearly two decades ago is bringing his story to the silver screen.Dan Bigley, author of…

Voter turnout in local Kenai Peninsula elections was really low this fall.But there’s one competition in Alaska that saw its highest voter turnout ever…

Wednesday marks the beginning of a distinctly Alaska holiday—a whole week of celebrating chubby ursine creatures. That’s right—it’s Fat Bear Week.Fat Bear…

Officials are telling campers not to tent camp at the Crescent Creek Campground in Cooper Landing after a series of encounters involving a…

Jason Oles knows a lot about bears. He’s worked among Kodiak brown bears, Rocky Mountain grizzlies, North Slope polar bears, and Kenai Peninsula black…

Wildlife officials said they shot a bear after it attacked a man in his camper near Seward during the busy holiday weekend.The man had fallen asleep with…

Law enforcement is investigating after a man reported being bitten by a brown bear on the Upper Kenai River Trail this weekend.A man reported the incident…

Two kayakers paddled six miles to safety across Skilak Lake after they were mauled by a bear early Saturday morning.Jamie Nelson, of Kenai, was at the…

Park officials killed and salvaged an aggressive black bear at Tonsina Creek last night after it bothered several groups of hikers late last week.Alaska…