Now, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game has closed the area while it conducts searches for the bear, and officials are ...

Bear maulings are rare in the Anchorage area, and details about what happened could help officials understand what provoked ...

The woman was hiking the Basher Trail in Alaska's Chugach Mountains when the bear attacked and mauled her, the Anchorage Fire ...

"I am not aware of any plans for an Alaska version of Alligator Alcatraz," Governor Mike Dunleavy's office said.

Two black bear cubs were fatally electrocuted after climbing a utility pole in downtown Juneau Monday night, temporarily ...

Nick Jans is a writer and photographer who has lived in Alaska for 45 years and traveled tens of thousands of wilderness miles. A longtime sport and subsistence hunter who enjoys bear meat, he was a ...