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Published online 21 August 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030818-14

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Alaska Diary Part 2: Bear

Boom in bear viewing brings animals and tourists uncomfortably close.

Ten grizzly bears are strung out across the Brooks River. The animals are gorging on salmon, plucking them from the air as the fish leap up the five-foot barrier of Brooks Falls.

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