Four people were injured when a float plane crashed at Katmai National Park in Alaska over the July Fourth weekend.

Around 4 p.m. last Tuesday, a disheveled hiker was spotted on Dumpling Mountain within Katmai National Park and Preserve. The hiker could be seen approaching one of 12 cameras operated by Explore.org.

Many people couldn’t point out Katmai National Park and Preserve on a map, but they’ve probably heard of it burly residents. Each fall, Katmai hosts Fat Bear Week, a beloved celebration of the ...

Fat Bear Week will launch this week at Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska, bringing some of the park's most beloved bears to the spotlight to eat their way to get the crown for fattest ...

Roughly 2,200 brown bears are estimated to live in Katmai National Park and Preserve, which at 4.1 million acres, is larger than Yellowstone and Yosemite combined, Moore notes. He said about 100 ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to former ranger Mike Fitz about Katmai National Park & Preserve - the glorious setting for a very popular National Parks Service event, "Fat Bear Week." ...

Fat Bear Week 2023, the ninth-annual edition of a "March madness-style" bracket competition that pits the fattest brown bears at Katmai National Park in Alaska against each other, is set to begin ...

In 1980, Katmai National Monument was expanded to its present size and became Katmai National Park and Preserve. Visitation In 2021, Katmai NP had 24,764 park visitors.

Oct. 2 (UPI) --Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska kicked off its annual Fat bear Week, with 12 corpulent bears competing to pack on the pounds and earn the public's favor.

A 200-foot piece of dirt road that was punched into Katmai National Park and Preserve 10 years ago has been removed so the site can be revert to its natural state, protecting archaeological ...