We travel the world to see and experience interesting people or places. Some of those people, however, are in our own towns ...

Alaska has decided to give a new boost to bear and wolf hunting from helicopters in its territory, a practice condemned as ...

"Troopers and the Alaska Department of ... of time polar bears have to hunt, and result in population declines," per the agency's website. While fatal polar-bear attacks are very rare, a man ...

I was in Alaska when I spotted a glacier bear, which is a blue color-phase black bear. I decided to stalk it with my bow.

My recent Tapestry column on the Helgason family’s bear hunting camp at Terror Bay generated a lot of interest.

Looking to escape? Here are two recent trips local readers took to Alaska and Vietnam. Check them out, then find more reader travel inspiration at www.mercurynews.com ...

Opponents of a controversial predator control program in Western Alaska are seeking a court order ... of Fish and Game from starting its planned bear- and wolf-killing program in late spring ...