Bearcams in Katmai National Park and Preserve are capturing impressive ... rolling tundra, lakes, and salmon-clogged streams. On camera, viewers have watched young male bears play-fighting, sows ...

The weeklong celebration of bears bulking up on salmon at the Katmai National Park and Preserve as hibernation and winter near had fans across the world voting on which bear they thought was the ...

Summer is undoubtedly the best time to visit Katmai National Park. Early July, in particular, is when most visitors flock here in order to see the bears feeding on salmon from Brooks Falls.

Each summer Alaska’s bears gather at the Brooks River in the Katmai National Park to feast on salmon and prepare for the long ...

Alaska’s “Bear Coast,” a sweep of wild shore stretching from Katmai to Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, seems remote, its brown bears and wolves, salmon and beluga whales beholden only to the ...

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To help meet their insatiable appetite, the brown bears of Katmai National Park turn to Sockeye salmon. Each salmon can contain over 4,000 calories. The bear is unlikely to eat the whole of the ...

As the National ... sea lions, bears, seabirds This park in the Alaskan wilderness takes center stage for one of nature's most spectacular sights: brown bears catching salmon flying out of streams.

A brown bear feasts on salmon near Brooks Falls in Katmai National Park in an undated image. (Photo: John Moore, Getty Images via CNN) America's largest national park, Wrangell-St. Elias ...

Of the more than 2,200 bears living in Katmai National Park, only around 12 compete in Fat Bear Week. Before their months-long salmon feast, male bears typically weigh 700 to 900 pounds.

Wolves and moose are among the notable animal residents. A brown bear feasts on salmon near Brooks Falls in Katmai National Park. - John Moore/Getty Images Katmai is an important habitat for ...