New Mexico bear died on a live utility pole after no agency coordinated a power shutoff with the local utility Annemarije de Boer is a Los Angeles-based director and visual storyteller specializing in ...

Having started Oct. 17 and running through Oct. 26, the statewide archery bear season gives Pennsylvania archers possessing the proper permits the opportunity to pursue black bear throughout the ...

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After a week of fierce competition, Backpack emerged victorious as Fat Bear Week champion, the heftiest bear of Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve. The nonprofit running the longstanding ...

Backpack has been crowned the 2026 Fat Bear Week champion, beating out a fellow offspring of a former Fat Bear Week winner. Voters were split between bear 910 and 89 Backpack in the final round of the ...

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Backpack is a fat bear on Brooks River. He's the offspring of Holly, the 2019 Fat Bear Week Champion. A bulky brown bear who became famous for hitching rides on his mama's back is the 2026 Fat Bear ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... One of Colorado’s very hungry black bears was caught feasting on fresh-baked bread from a booth at the Aspen farmers market over the weekend. Videos of the ...

It was the survival of the thickest during Fat Bear Week and "Backpack" beat all odds to emerge as the fattest bear of 2026. The medium-large adult male with blond ears and grizzled brown fur in late ...

It's been a busy summer for the bears of Katmai National Park and Preserve, feasting on fresh salmon and packing on the pounds. Now it is time for them to show off their bods as wildlife enthusiasts ...

A recent video from Castle Rock shows a Colorado black bear escaping from a waste management truck. Last Wednesday, Castle Rock resident Evan Elmore says the bear had climbed inside a trash container ...