Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A brown bear mother and cub rest in a meadow in Hallo Bay in Alaska’s Katmai National Park. Hallo Bay’s salt marshes attact large ...

Who doesn't love big, fat bears? At least from a distance. And who doesn't love filling out a bracket where winners move on and losers go home? Combine the two and you've got Fat Bear Week — a kind of ...

Most people imagine a bear encounter as loud and chaotic, yet real encounters unfold with startling speed. A bear reads posture and movement almost instantly, and your reaction determines how the ...

KING SALMON, Alaska -- For brown bears in one Alaska national park, bigger really is better. On Tuesday, 409 Beadnose was officially declared the fattest of the fat bears. "What does the she win for ...

Having a close encounter with a wild bear can be a terrifying moment for anybody, even for trained professionals. A group of researchers managed to document its tense standoff with a bear while inside ...

Bear encounters near residential areas are rising across the United States, and this trend is no longer limited to remote mountain towns or forest edges. Suburbs, rural communities, and even ...

ALASKA -- The brown bears of Katmai's National Park & Preserve in remote Alaska have picked up quite the Internet fam over the years. A live webcam has been following their fishing expeditions as they ...