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Thirty salmon. Ninety pounds of fish. Six pounds of body weight, gained in a single day.Those are the numbers a...

Every autumn, as the salmon runs dwindle and the long Alaskan winter looms, a truly magnificent spectacle unfolds across the...

Kodiak Island sits at the meeting point of the Gulf of Alaska and the North Pacific, and the weather here...

When the Kodiak Archipelago tips into late October, the bears that have spent the summer fishing salmon in our streams...

By early summer, the grazing phase ends abruptly with the arrival of the salmon. This metabolic switch—from a low-calorie vegetarian...

When Kodiak brown bears emerge from their dens after winter hibernation, they don't immediately return to full activity. Instead, they...

As 2025 draws to a close, the snow is settling on the peaks of Kodiak Island, and our magnificent bears...

When most people imagine a bear communication, Hollywood fills their mind with thunderous roars and gnashing teeth. But here on...

You’ve booked the trip. You’re coming to Kodiak. You are ready to see the island's magnificent bears, and you want...

For the first two to three years of his life, a male Kodiak brown bear cub lives a relatively sheltered...

It's a common question for wildlife enthusiasts: is a Kodiak bear just a really big grizzly? The answer lies in...

Here at the Kodiak Bear Center, we get a lot of questions about our furry, ten-foot-tall neighbors.One of the most...

Here at the Kodiak Brown Bear Center, we provide a unique window into the world of the Kodiak Brown Bear...