Planning a brown bear safari in Alaska. More than 100,000 combined brown, grizzly, and black bears live in Alaska; that’s more than any other state.

The small float plane, a Cessna 180J, "crash landed" on July 5 near Brooks Camp within Katmai National Park, park officials ...

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game website lists many of them, including Brooks River in Katmai National Park, Pack Creek Brown Bear Viewing Area on Admiralty Island, Anan Wildlife Observatory ...

HOMER, Alaska — Surely the “fight or flight” instinct kicks in when a bear begins charging and it’s safe to say most people choose the latter option.

A smaller bear-viewing site in Southeast Alaska has kicked off its own bear awards this year, but the focus isn’t just on the rotundity of the area’s resident bruins.