President Trump just took a significant step toward opening a roadless stretch of Alaskan wilderness to mining. In an executive order announced Monday, October 6, the president approved the Ambler ...

Author Ben Weissenbach tagged along with a trio of adventurer/scientists to document the changes since John McPhee’s classic book was published in 1977.

The creator of the viral bear bracket competition on this year’s 1,200-pound winner, Chunk, how bears are interacting differently this season and why salmon are the gift that keep on giving.

A brown bear nicknamed Chunk has won Fat Bear Week 2025, garnering almost 100,000 votes in the final round of the online competition and defeating second-place finisher Bear 856 by more than 30,000 ...

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 ...

The annual online competition allows viewers to follow 12 bears in the Katmai National Park and Preserve on live webcams and cast ballots.

The annual online competition allows viewers to follow 12 bears in the Katmai National Park and Preserve on live webcams and cast ballots.

When scientists Patrick Sullivan and Roman Dial were heading to a remote area in the Brooks Range in 2019 to map the spread of woody plants there, they were looking forward to seeing a celebrated ...

Active volcanoes, pristine lakes, and epic wildlife sightings await at Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska.