Troopers got a report of the bear intruder around 9:15 a.m. Sunday, on Fourth of July — a busy holiday weekend for the campgrounds around Seward.
Wildlife
Katmai visitor has minor injuries after being ‘swatted’ by bear
It’s the first time a bear has made physical contact with one of the park’s visitors since 2018. Katmai is a famous and remote bear-viewing park on the Alaska Peninsula.
Mosquitoes are buzzing in Southcentral Alaska in higher-than-usual numbers
There seem to be more mosquitoes in Southcentral Alaska this spring. Some say bad mosquito years tend to come after winters with a lot of snow.
Forest Service searches for deadly frog fungus on Mitkof Island
Chytrid is a skin fungus. Frogs and salamanders absorb oxygen through their skin, and the fungus hampers their ability to do that. That reduces their energy level and often kills them.
Hiker bitten by brown bear after his dog chased sow on Kenai Peninsula trail, troopers say
The man told troopers that he was hiking with his dog Sunday evening, on the upper part of the Kenai River Trail, which starts off Skilak Lake Loop Road, when they encountered the bear and two cubs.
Dinosaurs likely lived in Arctic year-round, according to recent Alaska discovery
If dinosaurs were migrating, they would have had very little time to move to lower latitudes with newborns, which suggests that the animals did not, in fact migrate.