The U.S. State Department has warned Americans traveling to Japan to watch their surroundings after more than a dozen people have been killed by bears in the country so far in 2025. Japanese ...
In the lawsuit, the nonprofit organizations Alaska Wildlife Alliance and the Center for Biological Diversity accused the Alaska Department of Fish and Game of reinstating a predator control program ...
Environmental groups sued Alaska's wildlife authorities on Monday seeking to halt a predator control plan that lets game ...
From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by producer Aynsley O’Neill with Mike Fitz, the creator of Fat Bear Week. Every year, Katmai ...
In an upset for the ages, Fat Bear Week’s 2025 champion is 32 Chunk, who denied a potential “three-peat” by his longtime rival, 128 Grazer. Fat Bear Week celebrates the triumphs and tribulations of ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — 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 ...
Oct. 1 (UPI) --Alaska's Katmai National Park announced a brown bear dubbed 32 Chunk has claimed his first-ever Fat Bear Week championship title. The park said the bounteous bear bested a field of ...
As Alaska’s Fat Bear Week came to a close, the winner was a 1,200-pound bruiser who showed “adaptability” after a major injury. By Madison Malone Kircher After a weeklong battle to the finish, this ...