The polls are open for the final round of Fat Bear Week at Katmai National Park, where voters will decide between two hefty ...

Sitka's city planner noticed a parallel between the work the city does filling potholes and Katmai bears' weight-gain journey ...

Autumn is an active season for North Carolina black bears. And while we aren't home to 'Fat Bear Week,' we do have our fair ...

As the 9-year-old cat waited for a home, the shelter shared her story on Facebook. The post called her “deserving” of a first ...

Bear 32 Chunk is back in the Fat Bear Week finals for the third year in a row. This time, he has a new challenger.

Fat Bear Week 2025 has reached its final round in Alaska, with Bear 32 'Chunk' facing off against Bear 856 in a public vote ...

Fat Bear Week in Alaska has amassed a huge following. Last year, over a million people across 100 countries voted for their favorite Fat Bear, according to the National Park Service.

The most gripping week of the bear calendar has arrived. The Fat Bear Week is an annual online competition hosted by Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska. This event, which began in 2014 as a ...

After gorging all summer on sockeye salmon, the portliest brown bears on the Alaska Peninsula will battle it out to see who ...

The most gripping week of the bear calendar has arrived. The Fat Bear Week is an annual online competition hosted by Katmai ...

Fat Bear Week is an annual tradition run by the Katmai National Park in Alaska alongside media organization Explore.

The annual Fat Bear Week is underway in Alaska as people vote on which brown bear has become the fattest in preparation of ...