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VIDEO: Feasting bears and other travel tips

Michelle Jana Chan gives her top travel ideas for the coming weeks including watching Alaska's brown bears feasting on wild salmon as they head up river.

Ted Nugent reaches plea agreement for hunting black bears in Alaska

Ted Nugent reaches plea agreement for hunting black bears in Alaska. Ted Nugent has reached a plea agreement with prosecutors admitting he violated federal law limiting hunting of black bears in Alaska.

People showing too little fear of feisty brown bear in Anchorage

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Usually bears are the problem but not this time. It's the humans. Too many people are showing little fear of a brown bear frequenting popular spots along the Seward Highway sou...

Polar bears can swim vast distances, study finds

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Polar bears are capable of swimming vast distances, a potential survival skill needed in an Arctic environment where summer sea ice is vanishing, a study led by the U.S. Geological Survey showed on Tuesday.

U.S. suggests no emissions limits to protect polar bears

SEATTLE -- Polar bears are skating on thin ice in Alaska these days: Warming temperatures have resulted in dramatic shrinkage of sea ice, leaving the bears with fewer ice floes on which to rest and hunt seals.

Murphy to go to UAA; Muller signs with UW-River Falls

Sean Muller and Bubby Murphy added themselves to a list of Kenai River Brown Bears players that have committed to college, raising this year's number of commitments to nine.

Alaska man plans year on uninhabited island

Alaska man plans year on uninhabited island Associated Press Copyright 2012 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 12:01 p.m., Sunday, May 13, 2012 The 40-year-old oil company employee and filmmaker from Anchorage will move to the mostly uninhabited Latouche Island in Alaska's Prince William Sound at the end of ...

Polar Bears Can Swim Long Distances, Study Finds

By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Polar bears are capable of swimming vast distances, a potential survival skill needed in an Arctic environment where summer sea ice is vanishing, a study led by the U.S. [More]

Soccer ball swept up by Japanese tsunami found in Alaska

A soccer ball that bobbed onto the shore of a remote Alaska island is likely the first salvageable debris from last year's Japanese tsunami that could be returned to its owner, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The ball, found on Alaska's Middleton Island, bears writing that identifies its place of origin, said Doug Helton, operations coordinator for NOAA's Office ...

Alaska Game and Fish shares bear safety tips

EAGLE RIVER, Alaska - Although the heavy winter snow may have them wanting to hit the snooze button, it won't be long before local bears begin to rise and shine for the spring. That means now is t...