Waking up to a dusting of powder on the ground and waiting to hear which schools were closed for the day seems like a nostalgic movie scene, but for the people and animals living in Alaska, it's their ...

A judge’s ruling may have just saved 200 brown bears in Alaska. In a major win for conservationists and wildlife advocates, the Anchorage Superior Court struck down a state-backed bear ... Read more ...

Looking to escape? Local readers have been busy exploring far away lands in Croatia and Tangier. Here are two recent trips ...

Alaska has well over 130,000 bears, so winter is a welcome respite to their prey. But in recent years, more and more bears have been groggily waking up from hibernation early, staggering across ...

Grizzly bears, for example, are a subspecies of brown bear found in parts of North America. There are many different ...

Opponents of a controversial predator control program in Western Alaska are seeking a court order to halt this year’s work before state officials kill any more bears. The Alaska Wildlife ...

Less than two weeks after a court order halted the program, officials petitioned the state Board of Game for an emergency authorization Friday to continue killing bears and wolves in Western Alaska.

A family of bears couldn’t resist using a remote weather system as their personal playground in Alaska, a photo shows. BLM Alaska Fire Service on Facebook A remote weather station in Alaska ...

Alaska officials are seeking emergency authorization to keep killing bears and wolves in a region in the western part of the state even though a judge ruled a week ago that the state predator ...

From wild ponies in Virginia to bison in Yellowstone, here are seven wildlife-rich destinations—and tips on how to be a ...