The 2023 winner beat Chunk, whose attack on her cubs postponed this year’s Katmai National Park and Preserve contest.
Wildlife
Juneau hunters recount brown bear attack on Admiralty Island that left one battered, but alive
Even though everyone walked away from the encounter with a brown bear sow, it left the seasoned hunters rattled.
Fat Bear Week returns to Katmai National Park
Katmai National Park and Preserve’s annual celebration of brown bears gearing up for hibernation kicked off Wednesday morning.
Fat Bear Week delayed after a ‘beloved bear’ dies on camera
Video footage of the incident shows bear number 469 attacking bear number 402 and apparently drowning her after a struggle.
New research hopes to find better ways to manage interactions between Juneau’s black bears and people
A survey to learn more about the way people interact with bears around town was sent out this spring to 5,000 randomly selected residents.
Spike in salmon shark sightings near Kodiak stumps researchers
The sharks are turning up in fishermen’s nets more often, but scientists say it’s not clear whether their Alaska population has risen.