The Sequoia Park Zoo said goodbye this week to its beloved bear Noni, who captured visitors’ hearts with her larger-than-life antics, splashing in water, scrambling up trees and wiggling her ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Grazer won her second Fat Bear Contest Tuesday by defeating Chunk by more than 40,000 votes cast by fans ...

In a storyline better befitting a melodrama than a popularity vote, Grazer won her second Fat Bear Contest Tuesday by defeating the male behemoth that killed her cub this summer. Grazer beat Chunk ...

We have a winner in Alaska’s Fat Bear Contest ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- In a storyline better befitting a melodrama than a popularity vote, Grazer won her second Fat Bear Contest Tuesday by defeating ...

In an exciting and personal rematch from last year, 128 Grazer and 32 Chunk faced off again in the final round of 2024’s Fat Bear Week contest. And this year, embattled mama bear 128 Grazer has ...

"Clearly, these bears were highly habituated and were willing to enter an occupied house with the residents sitting just feet away. When a bear reaches this level of human habituation, clearly a ...

On Tuesday, Oct. 8 morning the MHA Emergency Operations Center (EOC) said that the Bear Den Fire has caused no injuries and only one residential home has been damaged. Emily Sitting Bear, MHA ...

ASHEVILLE — Bear-human conflict may increase in Western North Carolina following Tropical Storm Helene, the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission is warning. Colleen Olfenbuttel ...

The start of the annual Fat Bear Week contest in the US was delayed this week after one of the potential contestants was killed by a rival. Both bears were in contention for the 10th anniversary ...

Voting opened Wednesday for the super-sized grizzlies in the running to win the 2024 Fat Bear Week contest, after one animal's graphic on-camera death delayed the event. Now in its 10th year ...

Fat Bear Week competitor 32 Chunk has a complicated history with 2023 winner Grazer. Fat Bear Week is a celebration of the brown bears of Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska. It’s ...