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Four people were injured when a float plane crashed at Katmai National Park in Alaska over the July Fourth weekend.
Fat Bear Week 2023, the ninth-annual edition of a "March madness-style" bracket competition that pits the fattest brown bears at Katmai National Park in Alaska against each other, is set to begin ...
Many people will never get to see Katmai National Park and Preserve's iconic brown bears in person. It's not easy to get to their home on the Alaska Peninsula, and fewer than 25,000 visitors made ...
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to former ranger Mike Fitz about Katmai National Park & Preserve - the glorious setting for a very popular National Parks Service event, "Fat Bear Week." ...
Get all your bear questions answered Thursday at 1 p.m. during a live video chat with Ranger Roy Wood, chief of education at Alaska's Katmai National Park. Katmai is home to thousands of brown ...
Katmai National Park and Preserve rangers captured a photo of a bear sitting on a rock in a frog-like stance. National Park Service It’s not uncommon for tourists to spot a bear or two while ...
Greetings from Katmai National Park & Preserve. I've never been to the park, but I've watched the bear webcam for years, and the rangers have been so informative. I never imagined I'd have the ...
Archeologists and rangers were stumped by mystery bones in Katmai National Park & Preserve in Alaska, photos show. Then they discovered animal it came from.
Move over Shark Week, Fat Bear Week is here, and it’s got more to love. Alaska’s Katmai National Park & Reserve has announced the bracket for its fifth annual “Fattest Bear” of Brooks ...
For years, Katmai National Park has had a problem with "bear jams." On June 30, the park opened a new, permanent, elevated bridge aimed at fixing the problem for good.