One of the oldest and most beloved bears in Alaska’s Katmai National Park has arrived for the salmon season just in time. Bear 480 Otis is a brown bear estimated to be about 27 years old, making him ...

I'm knocking on the door of my mid-thirties. That's not old, but it's old enough that I'm finally internalizing the fact that aging isn't just something that happens to other people. I'm starting to ...

Fans of the world-famous brown bears on Alaska’s Brooks River are breathing a sigh of relief as their beloved Otis is alive and seemingly well. “REJOICE!! KING OTIS HAS RETURNED!” Explore.org, which ...

Wild bears like Otis are supposed to return to the salmon run in late June, not July, but rising ocean temperatures and overfishing are delaying the arrival of the salmon, experts said. (National Park ...

One of Alaska’s most famous brown bears had his fans worried this year, but the celebrity King Otis has returned to Katmai National Park, albeit fashionably late. Otis, or Bear 480, is one of the most ...

Fans of the world-famous brown bears on Alaska’s Brooks River are breathing a sigh of relief as their beloved Otis is alive and seemingly well. “REJOICE!! KING OTIS HAS RETURNED!” Explore.org, which ...