The first time I saw a Kodiak bear was totally unexpected. It was early November, and a heavy snowfall had recently covered the mountains surrounding the town of Kodiak, Alaska. Daytime highs were ...

Warmer temperatures this past week -- in the midst of what has been an unusually cold winter -- might have whetted your appetite for spring. But not so fast. If you enjoy birdwatching, as I do, there ...

In "Bear Island," bear biologist LaVern Beier of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game and the National Geographic Crittercam team join forces to vicariously walk with grizzlies into the deepest ...

BABBITT — A fishing boat cruised across Bear Island Lake on July 3 to an undisclosed honey hole where Joe Kane, head of design at Vexilar, planned to test out some of the fishing sonar electronics ...

Jules Olitski had shown his artwork in galleries all over the world, earning acclaim for his abstract, colorful, and thought-provoking work. In the last years of his life inspiration came from Bear ...