Rule number one on a Kodiak Island adventure: Never surprise a bear. "Stay together, talk in normal tones and don't make sudden movements," instructs guide Fred Katelnikoff, shouldering a rifle and ...

AFOGNAK ISLAND, Alaska — Everyone here has a bear story. Not a bear-spotting story, which is almost daily, but a bear encounter, a confrontation where both parties have a choice to make — fight or ...

A massive crowd of manatees sheltering from the cold. A 71-year-old's trailblazing attempt to represent Texas in the Miss USA beauty pageant. Two bear cubs native to Alaska roaming across rural ...

Feb. 24 (UPI) --A pair of Kodiak bears living at a Wisconsin zoo celebrated their 10th birthday with a party themed after a favorite activity among humans in their age group: Minecraft. Munsey and ...

After gorging all summer on sockeye salmon, the portliest brown bears on the Alaska Peninsula will battle it out to see who will be named the fattest of them all in the wildly popular online voting ...

I recently decided to surprise my family with a trip to our nation’s 49th state, Alaska. I say “surprise” because I asked them where they wanted to go the most this summer, and they mentioned ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — After gorging all summer on sockeye salmon, the portliest brown bears on the Alaska Peninsula will battle it out to see who will be named the fattest of them all in the wildly ...