Both Brooks Lodge and the Katmai Trading Post had closed the day prior, and an end-of-the-season feel was in the air. The number of bears and tourists usually peaks in July, when sockeye leap up the ...
Polls have closed in Alaska's Katmai National Park and Preserve, and the fattest bear of the year is... 480 Otis, a three-time champion of chonk. A dozen of the largest brown bears on Earth faced ...