Fat Bear Week is fun to watch, but packing on pounds is serious business for the bears at Katmai National Park. How to vote ...

Fat Bear Week is fun to watch, but packing on pounds is serious business for the bears at Katmai National Park.

However this year, he’s facing a new challenger: bear 856, who beat Grazer in this year’s semifinals. Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. It's up ...

The annual contest in Alaska’s Katmai National Park honors chunky bears piling on the pounds for winter hibernation.

The bracket for Fat Bear Week 2025 has been revealed, and 12 bears at Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska are looking ...

The famous bears of Alaska's Katmai National Park are enjoying an abundance of salmon, and even some playtime, as they pack ...

Fat Bear Week is back, and fans can once again vote for Alaska’s chubbiest bear. The March Madness-style bracket contest is ...

The bears are extremely fat this year, and I’m looking forward to seeing how people react to how fat they are,” says the ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The brawny bruins on the Alaska Peninsula are ready to brawl it out to see which will win this ...

In anticipation of the upcoming hibernation season, burly bears are competing to be crowned the fattest brown bear as part of ...

The live streams are all available online via the National Parks Service Explore website and YouTube. Here are the links to each of the Fat Bear Week livestreams on YouTube: The streams are all free ...

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-place win at Fat Bear Week, an online competition that lasts through Sept.