Brown bears in the Brooks River in Katmai National Park and Preserve. There are certain scenes in the unofficial wildlife photography hall of fame—shots that both amateurs and professionals around the ...

Active volcanoes, pristine lakes, and epic wildlife sightings await at Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska. There are certain scenes in the unofficial wildlife photography hall of fame—shots ...

Fat Bear Week is an annual competition where fans vote for the fattest bear at Katmai National Park and Preserve. The event runs from Sept. 23 to Sept. 30, with daily voting on the explore.org website ...

Each year, the burly bears of Katmai National Park and Preserve capture global attention in a March Madness-style bracket challenge as fans pick which bear advances in each round. “The bears have been ...

Spring is for skinny bears and March Madness basketball. Fall, however, is for fat bears -- and for Katmai National Park & Preserve's annual Fat Bear Week and its accompanying tournament of crowning a ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The brawny bruins on the Alaska Peninsula are ready to brawl it out to see which will win this year’s fattest bear title in the wildly popular annual online voting contest known as ...

The new Mulchatna predator control program, aimed at boosting caribou numbers, has the same flaw that caused judges to ...