Get your popcorn (and maybe a plate of salmon sashimi) ready: Fat Bear Week, the annual competition to crown the rotundest brown bear at Alaska’s Katmai National Park, is back for its 2025 season.

Bear attacks on pet dogs have become a regular occurrence in north Japan, with one hunter suggesting the phenomenon is caused ...

A surge of bear attacks in Japan has sparked alarm, with some hunters saying the situation is reaching emergency levels ...

Many folks who live near the water take it for granted, but wild animals know exactly how to make the most of their natural habitat. While humans are busy lounging on the shore or waiting for the fish ...

This story, “Nightmare Hunt,” appeared in the Nov. 1985 issue of Outdoor Life. My hunting buddy, Darrel Rosin, chided me as we pushed aside the high brush on the narrow path leading back to the cabin.

This all too often overlooked Nation Park in Alaska lets you get as up close and personal with brown bears as is humanly safe ...

The U.S. government is warning travelers about the risk of brown bear attacks in Japan. U.S. Embassy warns travelers of increased bear attacks in Northern Japan, especially Hokkaido and Akita. “Be ...

The fossilized remains of a brown bear were discovered near the Viminacium amphitheater in Serbia, a Roman gladiator. The male brown bear suffered a fracture to its frontal bone, which resulted in an ...

Fat Bear 2025 named the winning bear after voting completed on Sept. 30. Bears Chunk and 856 made the final round Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The brawny bruins on the Alaska Peninsula are ready to brawl it out to see which will win this year’s fattest bear title in the wildly popular annual online voting contest ...

Picking a great bear gun isn’t a complicated task, but it’s easy to become paralyzed with indecision if you’re seeking advice on the subject. There is plenty of information, much of which focuses on ...

The brawny bruins on the Alaska Peninsula are ready to brawl it out to see which will win this year’s fattest bear title in the wildly popular annual online voting contest known as Fat Bear Week. The ...