Play among young animals is about much more than entertainment.

The bear reportedly left the cyclist with a scratch and a bite above the waist, injuries that were not life-threatening ...

Watch this clip where a massive coastal brown bear is seen calmly walking down a forest road on Chichagof Island, Alaska, USA ...

Troubled by two “bear stories” recently published within days of each other by the Anchorage Daily News — one a commentary, the other a news article — I’ve decided I must speak a few words on behalf ...

Bear enthusiasts, rejoice. The bear cam livestream officially returns today for the 2026 season. The cameras along the Brooks ...

"This is not something that has ever occurred at the zoo before." ...

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 ...

The zoo issued a statement two days after the June 13 incident after footage of the animals' altercation went viral on TikTok Bailey Richards is a Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

A mother of three was viciously mauled and dragged 100 yards by a brown bear just moments after stepping outside her Alaska home for an early morning jog. Ariean Fabrizio Colton, 36, miraculously ...

Photographs taken by wildlife advocates and shared with the Daily News raise questions about the state’s accounts of its ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — 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 ...

Chunk, a towering brown bear with a broken jaw, swept the competition Tuesday in the popular Fat Bear Week contest — his first win after narrowly finishing in second place three previous years. The ...