For a variety of reasons bears are waking up mid-hibernation in Alaska. Is this a temporary phenomenon or a portent of ...

living off stores of fat they have built up through the rest of the year. Alaska has well over 130,000 bears, so winter is a welcome respite to their prey. But in recent years, more and more bears ...

brown bears in northern Alaska hibernate longer than brown bears in regions farther south.. During hibernation, a bear's body ...

A photographer's iconic shots of polar bears in abandoned buildings on a Russian island shines a spotlight on wider changes ...

Bears in Mexico may hibernate for only a few days or weeks, while bears in Alaska can hibernate for six ... For months, they’ve been relying on fat stores built up over the summer and fall ...

One upside of the recent snowfall in the Anchorage Bowl is an extended ski season. Celebrate with skiing, fat-bike races, a ...

For example, brown bears in northern Alaska hibernate longer than brown bears ... and its body uses stored fat to stay alive. When they hibernate, bears' bodies avoid breaking down the protein ...

In 2022, the Alaska Board of Game approved a program to improve calf survival, which includes culling wolves and brown bears ... Are the caribou fat enough? Along with tracking births, the ...

In Alaska, the National Park Service Rangers from ... pitting the fury of animals against each other for public vote for the annual Fat Bear Week. The friendly competition serves as an educational ...

When we think of Alaska, we often think of sweeping glaciers, long dark winter nights, and the iconic Fat Bear Week. What we don't usually associate with the great state of Alaska is summer ...

When my buddy and I set out into the wilderness, we expected to see bears. We didn't plan on getting charged by an angry sow 100 feet off the ground.