The Mulchatna caribou herd is expected to begin calving soon, and the babies are particularly susceptible to being eaten by bears or wolves.

Court Allows Alaska Wildlife Agents to Cull Bears From Helicopters After Judge’s Ruling ...

The state program employs helicopters and small planes to shoot black and brown bears of any age in a large area of southwestern Alaska. Two conservation groups have sued to stop it.

Alaska’s bear hunting season is a long-standing tradition thanks to the state’s rugged wilderness and complex ecosystem management. With two native bear species—the brown (or grizzly) bear and the ...

It’s the battle of the bears in Alaska. The fattest and floofiest bears in Alaska's Katmai National Park are competing as part of the popular Fat Bear Week, an annual head-to-head competition aimed at ...

Maintenance workers at Katmai National Park in Alaska spotted 2025 Fat Bear Week champion Chunk. In a video shared by Katmai Conservancy, National Park Service (NPS) maintenance crews spotted the ...

Alaska wildlife agents can resume shooting and killing black and brown bears — including from helicopters — as part of a plan to help recover a caribou herd that was once an important source of food ...

Katmai National Park is home to one of the largest populations of grizzly bears in any United States national park. Each year ...

The soldiers from the 11th Airborne Division were hurt but managed to fight off the brown bear using bear spray.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Late every summer, hulking white bears gather outside a tiny Alaska Native village on the edge of the continent, far above the Arctic Circle, to feast on whale carcasses left ...

Originally Posted On: https://travelandtourtips.com/why-bear-viewing-in-alaska-depends-on-strict-no-food-protocols-near-salmon-runs/ One granola bar can wreck a bear ...