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 ...

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." ...

There's good reason to celebrate all the fat bears competing in Fat Bear Week 2022 at Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska.

Volcanoes and bears embody the wild heart of Katmai, located on the Alaska Peninsula. Within the borders of the national park and preserve lie 14 active volcanoes and North America's largest ...

Katmai National Park and Preserve is in the northern region of the Alaska Peninsula. The Park Service describes it as “remote” and reachable only by plane or boat.

KATMAI NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE, Alaska — You won’t be able to hear a bear walking behind you here. Despite weighing around 1,000 pounds each, the park’s roughly 2,200 brown bears are ...

Yellowstone National Park consists of 2.2 million acres of land and is home to over 300 unique species of wildlife. During peak season, the park sees thousands of visitors each day.

Woman, 29, details WILD experience traveling to Alaska's Katmai National Park - revealing she had to pay $1,200 and attend 'BEAR' school just to spend five hours in remote tundra that is filled ...

The live-streamed killing of one brown bear at the Katmai National Park and Preserve by another pushed back the reveal of the “bracket” that allows people to vote for the bears that most ...