One of the great marvels of nature is how bears, the largest carnivore in North America, are able to hibernate all winter, living off stores of fat they have built up through the rest of the year.

Grizzly bears are one of the few apex predators. They’re at the top of the food chain and will attack almost anything if they’re hungry enough. Brown bears are also known to be incredibly territorial.

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It is Fat Bear Week at Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska. Every fall, the online competition celebrates how fat the bears have gotten in preparation for months of hibernation. As Alaska ...

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In light of the ongoing controversy surrounding the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s predator control program, it would be beneficial for the state to assess the significant economic benefits that ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — After gorging all summer on sockeye salmon, the portliest brown bears on the Alaska Peninsula will battle it out to see who will be named the fattest of them all in the wildly ...

A woman was seriously injured in a bear attack just steps from her home in southern Alaska, a state where all three North American bear species roam and thrive. At 5:45 a.m. on Tuesday, the ...

Fat Bear Week in Alaska has amassed a huge following. Last year, over a million people across 100 countries voted for their favorite Fat Bear, according to the National Park Service. It is Fat Bear ...