Thousands of enormous brown bears feed on the sockeye salmon, clams, and dense vegetation in this Alaskan national park with ...

A new federal report indicates the pilot of a floatplane landing at a popular Alaska bear-viewing site in early July crashed in reportedly gusty conditions at Katmai National Park and Preserve. The ...

Animal lovers can vote for their favorite chunky bear at Alaska's Katmai National Park until Oct. 5, after which Fat Bear Week's winner will be announced Nicholas Rice is a Senior Editor for ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to former ranger Mike Fitz about Katmai National Park & Preserve - the glorious setting for a very popular National Parks Service event, "Fat Bear Week." ...

Fat Bear Week returns to Katmai National Park and Preserve October 2 – 8, 2024. Online voters will be able to cast their ballot for the bear they think has what it takes to survive winter.

Each year, the folks at Katmai National Park & Preserve in Alaska gift us with battling rotund brown bears, each fattening up before the long sleep of winter hibernation. This is the 10th year.

Katmai National Park and Preserve rangers captured a photo of a bear sitting on a rock in a frog-like stance. People said it looked like a giant teddy bear.

Katmai National Park & Preserve President Woodrow Wilson established Katmai National Monument in 1918 to preserve the "Valley of 10,000 Smokes," so named when the Novarupta Volcano filled the valley ...

Katmai National Park and Preserve rangers captured a photo of a bear sitting on a rock in a frog-like stance. People said it looked like a giant teddy bear.

Katmai National Park and Preserve rangers captured a photo of a bear sitting on a rock in a frog-like stance. People said it looked like a giant teddy bear.