For biologists like Heiko Jansen, grizzly bears offer a fascinating opportunity to analyze seasonal metabolic changes ...

Boat life in Alaska is anything but ordinary. From breathtaking scenery to up-close bear encounters and nonstop fishing action, every day out here is an adventure. Join us as we live off the water ...

April 7 (UPI) --Sanitation officials in Anchorage, Alaska, put their bear-resistant trash bins to the test with the help of some product testing experts: the Alaska Zoo's bears. Anchorage Solid ...

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 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 ...

One of the great marvels of nature is how bears, the largest carnivore in North America, are able to hibernate all winter, living off stores of fat they have built up through the rest of the year.