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Alaska’s Bear Hunting Season 2025: Here’s What You Need to Know

Alaska’s bear hunting season is a long-standing tradition thanks to the state’s rugged wilderness and complex ecosystem management. With two native bear species—the brown (or grizzly) bear and the ...
Alaska Public Media

Avian influenza death of Alaska polar bear is a global first and a sign of the virus’ persistence

A polar bear walks along the shore in Alaska on Sept. 6, 2019. (Photo provided by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) A polar bear found dead on Alaska’s North Slope is the first of the species known to ...
Outdoor Life

I Fought Off a Brown Bear with My Fishing Rod, and Other Close Calls While Living in Remote Alaska

Lying on a gravel bar in the middle of a tiny creek in remote Alaska, I brought a brown bear into focus through a telephoto camera lens. It was neck-deep in water, head resting on a fallen tree limb, ...
The Times and Democrat

Mother, 1-year-old son killed in Alaska polar bear attack

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A polar bear chased several residents around a tiny, isolated Alaska Native whaling village, killing a mother and her 1-year-old son in an extremely rare attack before another ...
Juneau Empire

Avian influenza death of Alaska polar bear is a global first and a sign of the virus’ persistence

A polar bear found dead on Alaska’s North Slope is the first of the species known to have been killed by the highly pathogenic avian influenza that is circulating among animal populations around the ...