Another black bear balances atop a red fence. Bear sightings in Anchorage abound on social media. Check Nextdoor or Facebook, and grainy security camera footage or a zoomed-in photo of a bear ...

Alaska Fish and Game has received 500 to 600 bear complaint calls in Anchorage this summer, usually from people reporting a bear on their deck, in a neighbor's garbage or running through yards.

ANCHORAGE — Alaska’s largest city is home to more than 300 grizzly and black bears and now more than a dozen multicolored ones. Life-size bear statues painted by city artists, part of “Bears ...

Trash that isn't stored properly appears to be a big factor in a reported rise in bear encounters in Anchorage neighborhoods this summer, wildlife officials say. And while Anchorage has made ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A young black bear has been making the rounds of an Alaska neighborhood in Anchorage and is raiding the residents' trash. A sighting Thursday morning provided people a chance ...

Alaska wildlife officials closed a forested area near an Anchorage park because of an aggressive brown bear that may be protecting a carcass. The area near the Abbott Loop Community Park is ...

A brown bear killed a hiker and mauled another man in Anchorage, Alaska, police said. Michael Soltis had been reported missing after he left his home Monday for a hike, the Anchorage Police ...

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Some residents are putting out the NO VACANCY sign. Anchorage has a reputation for being bear tolerant but after three maulings last summer — including a 15-year-old girl who nearly bled to ...

The ballet celebrating man's primitive fear and respect for nature, incarnated in Anchorage as a shaggy bear, has returned for its annual outdoor performance. Jessy Coltrane, a wildlife biologist ...