Coastal grizzlies, in contrast, are larger due to the abundant food available along the coast ... “brown bears”. Grizzly bears (or brown bears) in Alaska are larger than black bears and ...

Adults are approximately 50 -78 inches in length. Average-sized adult males weigh 300 lbs. and females 150 lbs. The black bear once occurred over most of North America from Alaska and Canada south ...

The victims of a polar bear attack on Tuesday in the remote Alaskan village of Wales include a 24-year-old woman and her 1-year-old son. According to a press release by the Alaska Department of ...

Bear Viewing in Alaska offers exciting bear viewing tours in Alaska on the boat at Chintana Bay and Denali Park. Bear watching in Alaska can be done either on a boat, aeroplane, or simply by walking.

Technically, all brown bears in Alaska are grizzly bears. However, those living near the coast like 747 tend to grow much ...

In May 2018, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke directed the National Park Service to allow extreme hunting methods in Alaska’s national preserves, such as baiting brown bears, killing black bear mothers ...

In 2023, the agency expanded its predator-removal efforts to include brown and black bears. A total of 19 wolves and nearly 200 bears have been removed. Then, Anchorage Superior Court Judge Andrew ...