The brown bears at Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska sense the change in seasons. Maybe it's the chill in the air, or the salmon run up the Brooks River, but the bears are chowing down on the fish and bulking up for hibernation

High Bridge marks the end of the route for the Stehekin shuttle bus. Disembarking the bus and crossing the bridge over the clear, cold, frothing water of Stehekin River, takes you from Lake Chelan National Recreation Area into North Cascades National Park.

A decision by the U.S. Forest Service to expand livestock grazing just north of Yellowstone National Park is a death sentence for grizzly bears in the area, according to a lawsuit aimed at overturning the move.

Parks Canada is welcoming visitors back to Jasper National Park now that transmission power has been restored to the townsite of Jasper and outlying areas and Whistlers Campground.